IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Most of the computer books I buy end up on the floor, in a box, or in some cases in the trash. Not this one. Its a real keeper. I've been working in SQL Server for several years, but this book taught me all sorts of things I didn't know. Who knew about all the undocumented stuff? I knew about a few of them, but the Undocumented T-SQL chapter really opened my eyes. I've got a better understanding for what's going on behind the scenes because of it. Also, the stats chapter was a good one. It has given me some ideas I want to try in a project I'm workingo on. And the OLE Automation chapter was cool. I knew the functionality was there, but didn't know how or why I might use it. Now I do. If you want the last word in all there is to know about T-SQL, give this book a try.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Create Dynamic Webpages Using PHP & MySQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: David Tansley
Rating: 2/5
Title: Create Dynamic Webpages Using PHP & MySQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: David Tansley
Rating: 2/5
For a beginner like me the book was just great and I appreciated having the CD so I could easily copy and paste the code snippets.
It could have assumed more than just a linux audience as there were one or two difficulties I faced as a windows user.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 4/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 4/5
I have found this book to be a good reference, especially as a quick reference. It is clear and concise. The examples and text however lack detail, as such when using something for the first time I prefer to use other texts that go into greater detail.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Building Intelligent Databases With Oracle Pl/Sql, Triggers, and Stored Procedures (Oracle Series)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Kevin T. Owens, Kevin T. Owens
Rating: 1/5
Title: Building Intelligent Databases With Oracle Pl/Sql, Triggers, and Stored Procedures (Oracle Series)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Kevin T. Owens, Kevin T. Owens
Rating: 1/5
lacking in practical examples not effective as a reference materia
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Rational Guide to: SQL Server Reporting Services (Rational Guides)
Publisher: Rational Press
Authors: Anthony T. Mann
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Rational Guide to: SQL Server Reporting Services (Rational Guides)
Publisher: Rational Press
Authors: Anthony T. Mann
Rating: 5/5
Its a very low cost, quick-to-market overview of the product, and so I applaud Mr. Mann and the folks at Rational Press for that. However, its nothing more than a rehash of the Microsoft marketing information and technical documentation freely available from www.microsoft.com/sql. If you don't have an internet connection, then by all means by the book. Otherwise, you won't be gaining much at all by picking up this guide.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language (3rd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Judith S. Bowman, Sandra L. Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language (3rd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Judith S. Bowman, Sandra L. Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky
Rating: 5/5
I really like this Book, it's my first time buying SQL book and it won't be the last! after finish this book all over... i will go on to another one... I learned alot from this book, i'm not a beginer for SQL but if you know some SQL and you don't know the Basics of SQL and RDBMS, this book is for you! I really like this book. BUY IT!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL: The Complete Reference, Second Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: James R Groff, Paul N. Weinberg
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL: The Complete Reference, Second Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: James R Groff, Paul N. Weinberg
Rating: 5/5
I have bought many computer books and it is always a thrill to stumble on a book that throughly explains a subject. This book has excellent examples and very easy to read. The free trial softwares are also great. In fact, I bought the book for the free software, but I got an added bonus in that the book is also excellent.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure Programming
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Authors: Dejan Sunderic, Tom Woodhead
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure Programming
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Authors: Dejan Sunderic, Tom Woodhead
Rating: 5/5
May be it is not the book for a person seeing database for the first time. But this is one book close to my heart. Authors do not talk about basic database queries or SQL Server architecture. But, if you're a serious TSQL programmer or serious Web developer and looking for the finer points - this book is an absolute must !
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCAD Training Guide (70-229): SQL Server 2000 Database Design and Implementation
Publisher: Que
Authors: Thomas Moore, Ed Tittel
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCAD Training Guide (70-229): SQL Server 2000 Database Design and Implementation
Publisher: Que
Authors: Thomas Moore, Ed Tittel
Rating: 4/5
I have just passed the exam with score 738. The exam was relatively difficult. I used the book to prepare along with MeasureUp exams. The book covers most of the areas needed for the exam but didn't go into enough details on security and performance optimization. Also you probably would need more practice with complex SELECT queries. (BTW, MeasureUp exam was almost completely useless).
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL 101
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Christopher Allen
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL 101
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Christopher Allen
Rating: 5/5
I do Windows NT to Windows 2000 migrations, and needed to expand my skillset. While I'm only on chapter 2, I've got a much better idea of what Oracle is and how to manipulate databases within an Oracle environment.Clear, concise, lots of lab work... I only wish it has come with a CD-ROM with PDF files of the book & exercises.((NOTE: do not reply to my email as listed above -- try learn2geek at hotmail dot com.))
