IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Pete Cassidy's Cookbook for Oracle SQL*Plus
Publisher: Chef Pierre
Authors: Pete W. Cassidy, Carole B. Cassidy
Rating: 5/5
Title: Pete Cassidy's Cookbook for Oracle SQL*Plus
Publisher: Chef Pierre
Authors: Pete W. Cassidy, Carole B. Cassidy
Rating: 5/5
I have used Pete's book for over a year now, and I find it a strong sourcebook. Unlike many of my other source books, this book gives the actual text of the commands that are necessary to accomplish the job.
I place this text at the top of the Oracle books I have.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide (Book/CD-ROM Set)
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Syngress
Rating: 1/5
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide (Book/CD-ROM Set)
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Syngress
Rating: 1/5
Filled with typos and based on Beta code.I borrowed the New Riders from a friend and passed. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Ocp: Oracle8I Dba SQL and Pl/SQL Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-001 (OCP Study Guide)
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas
Rating: 4/5
Title: Ocp: Oracle8I Dba SQL and Pl/SQL Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-001 (OCP Study Guide)
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas
Rating: 4/5
Its a great book for the exam. However, it does not cover a few topics in detail which are a part of the exam. I ended up getting 49 on 57 and this book was my bible.I would recommend it purely from an exam perspective especially for a novice like me without any prior knowledge of Oracle. For in depth references I think the Oracle press books are great.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL from the Ground Up
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Mary Pyefinch
Rating: 2/5
Title: SQL from the Ground Up
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Mary Pyefinch
Rating: 2/5
After reading just 3 chapters of this text, I was forced to put it to rest. The number of errors, particularly in the examples, were frustrating and confusing. I am an IT professional. My company would never accept work that wasn't as error-free as possible. Obviously, the editors are not placed under similar expectations.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: William R. Stanek
Rating: 4/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: William R. Stanek
Rating: 4/5
The SQL Server Pocket Admin Guide covers the major areas confronting a DBA: Admin, Data Administration, Performnace Monitoring, Backup and Recovery and the like. More importantly it gives clear examples of syntax for things from ISQL and OSQL to creating jobs to run DTS packages.The one thing it needs to include is an FYI or "gotchas" section. The pocket administrator is not so good at indicating what it is leaving out. For example: Restoring backups to other dbs with different owners but identical schemas is non-trivial.DTS packages running stored procedures do not allow for error trapping. This mean if the SP raises an error, the DTS package will not notice and continue as if the SP ran successfully.While you can not expect a pocket administrator to cover these details. It should briefly indicate that these are issues to be considered, but beyond the scope of the reference.Other than this oversight, it is an excellent reference.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Hands On SQL Server 7 with VB6 (Hands on)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Wayne S. Freeze
Rating: 5/5
Title: Hands On SQL Server 7 with VB6 (Hands on)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Wayne S. Freeze
Rating: 5/5
This book is great for someone new to the client/server world. Yes there are a few typos but at least this book was written for a beginner to understand and not written to impress his peers as most computer books tend to do.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
You can glean some of Steven Feuerstein's insights on PL/SQL development from his other books on PL/SQL. In fact, his books were how I learned the subject and the basis for the PL/SQL guidelines that I have used within various companies for years. Here for the first time, however, Steven focuses completely on the practices that a PL/SQL developers needs to know to develop real world PL/SQL apps that are well-written and easy-to-maintain.In the book, Steven covers the various topics that a developer needs to know. Starting from a high level view of the development process and coding styles/conventions, he drills down to the detailed technical issues of creating variables and data structures, control structures and exception handling. There is an excellent section on coding SQL statements in PL/SQL, which is one of the main reasons for writing PL/SQL to begin with. The book closes with an examination of functions, procedures and packages including several of Oracle's key built-in packages.The best practices themselves are well-organized, concise and illustrated with specific examples. Steven provides his own insights for each best practice. As with all his books, this one is well thought out and worth twice the price!
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 7.0 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Jamie A. Reding, Steve Adrien DeLuca, Edward Whalen, Marcilina Garcia
Rating: 2/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 7.0 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Jamie A. Reding, Steve Adrien DeLuca, Edward Whalen, Marcilina Garcia
Rating: 2/5
I have been tuning SQL Server databases for some time, and have not seen such a good reference short of the Inside SQL Server series originated by Ron Soukup.I strongly recomend this book for everyone creating or maintaining an enterprise database.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ronald R. Plew, Bryan Morgan, Jeff Perkins
Rating: 4/5
Title: Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ronald R. Plew, Bryan Morgan, Jeff Perkins
Rating: 4/5
SQL is a powerful Language to know and also to understand how to managing database, i bought a book called teach yourself SQL in 21 days, it is a great book to learn and how to use it. But, the only thing is, it needed a CD that come with the book, this way we can just use it like other books that with SQL scripts and sample tables or a pre-compiler so and so..or by creating many different table's from day 1,and using the same tables sample from day 1 and work all the way within the whole book.just like the same one (teach yourself in 24 hours).
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Functions Essential Reference
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Zak Greant, Graeme Merrall, Torben Wilson, Brett Michlitsch
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP Functions Essential Reference
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Zak Greant, Graeme Merrall, Torben Wilson, Brett Michlitsch
Rating: 5/5
Whether you are new to PHP or a seasoned web developer, this reference book is an absolutely must. Clean, concise, and well written, the authors are well-known and respected in the PHP community. Zak Greant heads up the PHP quality assurance squad, Torben Wilson is one of the longest-running credited authors of the PHP manual, and Graeme Merrall contributes to several areas of PHP development.This book is fast. You can get to what you need quickly, and if you're not sure what you need, the logical hierarchy and table of contents makes narrowing things down very snappy. Within minutes of picking up the book, I've learned new things about PHP, even after 4 years of hardcore PHP development. Not too many books do that. The only downside I can find with it is it won't fit in my shirt pocket.This book has many other strengths.
- It has a companion website that compliments the book and is maintained by the authors.- It has been released under a license that reflects the very nature of PHP and Open Source Software, a real credit to the authors.- One of the Technical Reviewers of the book during the process of it being written was none other than Ken Coar, one of the leaders of the Apache Foundation (author of the best darn web server ever made) and one of the Open Source movement's greatest assets. Buying a PHP book reviewed by Ken Coar is like buying a Bible blessed by the Pope.If you can't RTFM, then for sure, RTFB.
That is: Read This Friendly Book. ;)
