IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
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I like this book. Most of my questions occurred when I ran into a coding barriers, usually caused by a lack of PL/SQL understanding. This book will save you hours and reduce PL/SQL confusion. Remember, its costly to pursue incorrect or inefficient coding practices. Sometimes it may seem like your on the right path, but its helpful to get validation of the assumption. This book validates widely excepted PL/SQL coding standards and practices. This book brings real-time stories and humor into technical explanations and illustrations. The book is a comprehensive composition of most of the Oracle 8i components. The book is well written and easy to understand. Its a great reference. If your a verbal learner, you'll like the book. Its rich in content.Once you read the book, the tips and tricks will be helpful.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle/SQL: A Professional Programmer's Guide (J. Ranade Ibm Series)
Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
Authors: Tim Hartley, Tim Martyn
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle/SQL: A Professional Programmer's Guide (J. Ranade Ibm Series)
Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
Authors: Tim Hartley, Tim Martyn
Rating: 5/5
In over 8 years I've never found a SQL book so thoroughly complete for SQL beginners. While the examples are specific to Oracle version 6.0, the principles are still as pertinent for version 8i. Approximately 90% of the teaching and information from this book can be applied to other dbms's. This is a must have for anyone who is just beginning to learn the Oracle SQL language.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Ron Soukup, Kalen Delaney
Rating: 4/5
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Ron Soukup, Kalen Delaney
Rating: 4/5
I don't get it. Every book I pick up on SQL 7 is filled with words, lotsa pages (and this one is even quite useful), and yet something is missing. What's missing is what I can never get enough of: practical examples. Hey, if I knew SQL really well, maybe I wouldn't mind, but I'm often having trouble with things like fancy JOINs, how to send back error strings, and which @@global variables can't be passed as output parameters in stored procedures. There's a lot I don't know real gud. But I gotta get the coding done.So I keep looking for one of these goldmines that doesn't try to explain what a database is, but gives me lots of examples, and a great index, so I can stumble into instances of things done right and wrong, and try to find some help with my many specific problems. This is a wonderful book to read if you have the time, it does give you a better insight into SQL7, it's well written. But if you're like me, we're still looking for that book that we can keep on our desks, next to the aspirin.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Hugh E. Williams
Rating: 2/5
Title: Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Hugh E. Williams
Rating: 2/5
If you want to read 400+ pages of Hugh and Lane's secret vineyard , then buy this book...BR>The content barely scratches the surface of what you can realise with PHP and MySQL.Gone are the days of creating mediocre small level applications with PHP/MySQL.Today PHP has grown by strengths and this text is hardly and sadly not reflective of that fact.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern
Rating: 4/5
Title: Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern
Rating: 4/5
I can't say enough good things about this book. I particularly appreciate the way in which it makes the mod_perl Apache module clearly and easily accessible despite its complexity.
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 bought this book as a complete Oracle novice, transitioning from Microsoft T-SQL to PL/SQL. I was worried about the transition being difficult until I read this book.It is one of those very rare books that presents advanced concepts in a context understandable by users of all experience levels. The author often throws in tips about Oracle PL/SQL quirks to watch out for, as well as some very applicable information about how Oracle works internally.I've since become more comfortable with PL/SQL, and the book also serves as a great reference. I highly encourage you to read this book straight through.I recommend this well-written book to anybody wanting to learn PL/SQL, as well as anyone needing a great reference.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Database Implementation Training Kit (Training Kit)
Publisher: Microsoft Press Rating: 3/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Database Implementation Training Kit (Training Kit)
Publisher: Microsoft Press Rating: 3/5
This was the first book I read in preparation for the Implementing a Database Design on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Exam 70-029). The first thing I noticed was that a good portion of what I had been tested on for the System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Exam 70-028) was covered in this text. It is clear that you really need to work through both the Administration and Design books to be prepared for either of Microsoft's SQL 7.0 Exams.This book left me with questions. For example, I could not understand cursors after reading it through but when I consulted Transact-SQL Programming by Kline, Gould, and Zanevsky and Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 by Soukup and Delaney I found the concept very clear and understandable. After reading through all of these I took the Microsoft Official Curriculum course and the 700-page notebook that came with that was my favorite study guide. I was surprised that the MOC material was the most complete even though the Self Study Kit overlaps with a lot of the material covered. I only saw one concept on my version of the 70-029 exam that was not covered in the course material but there were probably 4 or 5 concepts that were not covered in the books I read. Note: None of this reading really prepares you for the rigors of the 70-029 exam. This test really cries out for drilling on good prep software like Transcender so that you can spot the easier questions and answer them quickly to save time for the more demanding questions that require extensive analysis. I spent 20 minutes diagramming the database described in my first question so that I could make sense of what was being asked. Many of the questions appear to require this kind of detailed analysis unless you know to look for the flaws that invalidate all but one of the answers.The Design book may be overpriced in comparison to other books but it does seem to be the lowest cost access to enough of the material you need to comprehend the range of concepts tested in 70-029. By supplementing it with a lot of reading in Books On Line you might get everything you need. I don't regret paying $1500.00 for the MOC and spending 5 days in class but I understand that not everyone can choose that route.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Ron Soukup, Kalen Delaney
Rating: 5/5
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Ron Soukup, Kalen Delaney
Rating: 5/5
This is certainly not a book for beginners and not the place to start learning SQL Server. And this is not a comprehensive volume; there are many things that just aren't covered. But when I had trouble understanding something I was dealing with and it was covered here it was done clearly and well so that I went on with a solid understanding. This book will mean more to developers than administrators but I consider it essential for anyone who aims to develop a mastery of SQL Server.
Product: Book Unknown Binding
Title: Oracle 9i : SQL Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 1Z0-007)
Publisher: Que
Authors: Gavin Powell
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle 9i : SQL Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 1Z0-007)
Publisher: Que
Authors: Gavin Powell
Rating: 5/5
I am studying to become an Oracle DBA. Gavin Powell's Book is superb! I learned so much from it so far. The author is also friendly and really concerned whether you understand the difficult concepts that a newbiee faces in learning Oracle. Like a gem you unexpectantly find at the beach. Buy this book!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: William R. Vaughn
Rating: 1/5
Title: Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: William R. Vaughn
Rating: 1/5
This book in a nutshell is horrible. I don't know what some of these other guys in the ratings are talking about...maybe they work for MS..who knows. They might as well call this book RDO VB5 and SQL Server 7..its out of date. The jokes vaughn makes (which is the whole book) are boring...you'd fall asleep after the first chapter. To make things worse...there is absolutely no pictures showing steps or a procedure to follow to create examples..its straight through boring text. A lot of this stuff barely works since at the time ADO was being worked on a bit more. There is NOT enough information on bounding data to VB from SQL Server. Do not waste your money....this book royally stinx!!!!
