IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: DB2 SQL Procedural Language for Linux, Unix and Windows
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Paul Yip, Drew Bradstock, Hana Curtis, Michael Gao, Zamil Janmohamed, Clara Liu, Fraser McArthur
Rating: 5/5
Title: DB2 SQL Procedural Language for Linux, Unix and Windows
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Paul Yip, Drew Bradstock, Hana Curtis, Michael Gao, Zamil Janmohamed, Clara Liu, Fraser McArthur
Rating: 5/5
Excellent Book! . This book has much awaited, much needed information on SQL Stored Procedures. A must read for DBAs and DB2 Developers.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSE System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Jeffry Byrne, Jeffrey Byrne
Rating: 1/5
Title: MCSE System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Jeffry Byrne, Jeffrey Byrne
Rating: 1/5
...too bad there was not an option for 0 stars!I REALLY WISH that I had read the comments here at Amazon before I purchased the book. Everything said here is true! In my haste, I anxiously bought this book since it was the only one left at my local bookstore... I should have realized why it was left. I will never buy from Prentice Hall again! Information was inaccurate, not updated, syntax was aweful, CBT was useless, etc, etc. Do publishers no longer care what they are publishing? How does this J. Byrne author feel knowing that they knowingly are ripping people off!!!! The publisher should fess up and offer a refund to all people who have purchased this book at their web site!My letter to them will be going into the mail tomorrow!DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 DTS (Data Transformation Services)
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Mark Chaffin, Brian Knight, Todd Robinson
Rating: 2/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 DTS (Data Transformation Services)
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Mark Chaffin, Brian Knight, Todd Robinson
Rating: 2/5
I have just started working through this book and I am already frustrated. This is one disorganized book. The authors like to jump around a lot. When they are explaining a concept (exporting data using a wizard), they jump to a different topic right in the middle and come back to the original thread may be a couple of pages later. This is extremely dis-orienting since you are trying to follow along with the wizard. I will post a complete review later.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle Pl/SQL Programming (Oracle Series)
Publisher: Oracle Pr
Authors: Scott Urman, Tim Smith
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle Pl/SQL Programming (Oracle Series)
Publisher: Oracle Pr
Authors: Scott Urman, Tim Smith
Rating: 5/5
I wanted a book that would help me start coding PL/SQL within a day or so. I wanted a book that had lots of concise and consistent PL/SQL code snippets. This book sure fills the bill. This book (combined with the Feuerstein books) has me running full speed with PL/SQL.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Daniel Lopez
Rating: 5/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Daniel Lopez
Rating: 5/5
This is an excellent book if you are interested in learning how to administer Apache based servers. It helped me get started with the Apache that came with my Red Hat Linux and to install it in my Windows laptop for testing. The book focuses on Apache 2 but it is fine for Apache 1.3, though if you run Apache on Windows it is recommended that you use Apache 2. I found the book more detailed and easier to read than the O'reilly one.
It covers installation of PHP but not how to program PHP.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 4/5
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 4/5
I am a complete beginner and found the book fairly easy to read and apply. However, some of the scripts I downloaded don't seem to work. Maybe its my lack of understanding, I don't know...You must know how to read html to get anywhere with PHP. You can use Dreamweaver or any other HTML editor to write your scripts in.The book has a good Appendix for all the PHP functions and the authors do a great job at explaining PHP at the beginning of the book.Each chapter starts off with a real basic script as it develops and adds more functions to the script until you end up with a fairly advanced script. Every time they add more stuff to a script they break each line down with explanations.Over all its a good place to start with a lot of Reference material for advanced users. However, if you have never programmed or want to get an easier start with php, I recommend "Php : Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Open Source, Server-Side Content" ISBN: 0764535617. Then move to the PHP Cookbook.
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
Who ever thought a book could be so user-friendly. This is the first instructional book that I actually enjoyed reading. Christopher Allen has a knack for explaining things very well, and it really shines in this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Data Mining & Statistical Analysis Using SQL
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Jr., John N. Lovett, Robert P. Trueblood, John N. Lovett Jr.
Rating: 5/5
Title: Data Mining & Statistical Analysis Using SQL
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Jr., John N. Lovett, Robert P. Trueblood, John N. Lovett Jr.
Rating: 5/5
It might not be the perfect data mining book as the other reviewer has stated in his or her review. However, it is packed with plenty of useful examples and techniques, carefully marked with detail explanations. This is not a bad sort at all amongst the SQL books. Not bad at all. Ya just gonna have to get ya butt out and walk yaself to a good book store and read it yaself if ya don't believe me. Or, you can just keep sitting there and keep browsing the net to find that one perfect SQL book that's suitable for you.
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
Pete's cookbook is an excellent resource which I highly recommend. What makes the book 'work' for me is there are many superb examples of both simple and complex practical SQL and SQL*PLUS problems and solutions. In addition to being humorous, it is easy to follow and to understand. When I am trying to get a task done by a certain deadline, I don't have time to wade through miles of explanation. I need the answer YESTERDAY and the SQL COOKBOOK does that for me. I also teach Oracle courses and my students really love the book too.
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Publisher: Rating: 3/5
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I found the book to be useful as a reference but not as a way to learn pl/sql. The main problem is with the examples. There are numerous examples throughout the book and they all seem to be centered around the idea of students, courses, rooms, etc. Through the use of these examples, the author illistrates many of the concepts of pl/sql. However, I find that the auther gets bogged down in showing the examples as opposed to illistrating the concepts. One of the must used statements in SQL is the select statement. However, the author chooses to use the insert, delete, and update statements much more than the select statement.The author references previous example material frequently in the book. Unless you have a perfect memory, this creates a lot of page flipping in order to review the referenced example and grasp the concept. It would be far better to illistrate the concept in a single, straight forward example.
