IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Administrator's Guidebook
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Carl H. Speshock
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Administrator's Guidebook
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Carl H. Speshock
Rating: 5/5
Written by someone who works in the field and has been consulting for many Fortune 500 companies. If you want to have a reference book for what the DBA role is and how it should be fulfilled then this is the book for you. The included CDROM contains a lot of valuable script files and documents to assist in DBA tasks. I highly recommend this book and always keep the CD near you.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 1/5
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 1/5
Tepid once again, basically a simple rehash of stuff you can get for free elsewhere. The Wrox and New Riders PHP books are much better.
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
This book helped me in preparing and clearing OCP exam for Oracle PL/SQL.This book is really good and adheres to the specifics.Although i have experience in Oracle programming i think it should help even others with very little exposure to Oracle's PL/SQL.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: OCA/OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas, Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas
Rating: 4/5
Title: OCA/OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas, Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas
Rating: 4/5
I read the book from cover to cover, and did the practice tests as well as the flash cards. The book is great for brushing up on the exam concepts, however it goes into too much detail on topics which are not really covered in the exam. For ex: Deferred and validated constraints.The book is a must read, but you also need to take a few practice tests besides the one in the book.Since I passed with a score of 54/57, mostly based on my study from this book, I would recommend it.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Transact-SQL Programming
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Lee Gould, Andrew Zanevsky, Kevin Kline
Rating: 1/5
Title: Transact-SQL Programming
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Lee Gould, Andrew Zanevsky, Kevin Kline
Rating: 1/5
I recently switched from years of Oracle PL/SQL work to Microsoft Transact-SQL. Having had good luck with other O'Reilly titles, I bought this book. I had high hopes that were very quickly dashed. Many of the examples in this book don't work for SQL Server 7.0 because they are apparently geared toward an earlier release of the product. In my first night with this book, I found no less than a dozen examples that would run on SQL Server 7.0. I was really bummed out and frustrated by this. I'm still looking for a good Transact-SQL book that covers 7.0.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 3/5
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 3/5
This is a good book, but I feel that examples need to be more complex. Examples like how to make a php autheticate to a web aplication with Postgres have to be more accurate. The book also need to explain more how to use external variables.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
For what the book was intended to be, the essentials of PHP, I think the author did a wonderful job of writing this. It starts with basic HTML in case you haven't learned it yet, or need a refresher, then moves on to basic PHP and builds from there. The section that explains installing PHP, a webserver, and a database was extremely helpful too.Without trying to be too much, this book is just right for the essential knowledge you need to start programming PHP.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled
Publisher: Curlingstone
Authors: Kevin Williams, Bryant Likes, Andrew Novick, Daryl Barnes, Paul Morris, Simon Sabin, Steve Mohr, Andrew Polshaw, Jeni Tennison
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled
Publisher: Curlingstone
Authors: Kevin Williams, Bryant Likes, Andrew Novick, Daryl Barnes, Paul Morris, Simon Sabin, Steve Mohr, Andrew Polshaw, Jeni Tennison
Rating: 5/5
The title says it all - if you need to work with any aspect of SQL Server 2000 XML support this is the best source. Whether its the integration of SQL Server and IIS, T-SQL XML extensions or SQLXML3, this book has it all.Full of helpful examples in T-SQL as well as VB6 and VB.NET. There are several other titles out there that scratch the surface of XML support in SQL Server, but none of them are as complete as this one.
In addition to having a ton of examples this book also does a good job of explaining when to use each supported option. Furthermore, plenty of performance data is provided to help you decide what will work best in your environment.Curlingstone has really taken time to make this book as technically sound as it could be. Whether you are a developer or a DBA keep this one handy!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Eric Rosebrock, Eric Rosebrock, Sybex
Rating: 5/5
Title: Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Eric Rosebrock, Eric Rosebrock, Sybex
Rating: 5/5
This title is an excellent starting point for anyone wishing to dive into the world of building interactive/dynamic websites using PHP scripting and MySQL databasing, and could also come in handy for intermediates. The author makes sure the reader understands the topic, whether its shopping cart systems, payment processing, membership systems, etc.The book also gives an excellent introduction into the logic of databasing, and also explains, in detail, how to integrate a MySQL database into your website. If you wish to learn how to build functional websites from the ground up, this is the book for you.
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
What I like about this book is that it doesn't needlessly repeat the Books Online. Henderson says in the Preface that one of his goals was to avoid merely repeating the online documentation that comes with the product and he has succeeded. This book is suitable for the beginner and advanced developer alike because it successfully supplements the entry-level documentation that ships with SQL Server. While it's true that a complete neophyte would not want to start with this book (the opening line of the Preface says it pretty plainly: "This is a coder's book."), if they start with the Books Online, then transition to this book once they've finished, they should be fine. This is the best book on Transact-SQL I've found. It's also extremely well-written -- something you don't see often in computing books.
