IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 5/5
The book starts off in a hurried description of the PHP syntax and automatically dives the reader into a project. The first project, obviously is creating your first PHP program.The source code in the book is functional, with no errors (at least from what I've encountered). The few issues I have thus far are in the later chapters of the book. For the experienced developer, some of the material in the text is verbose and verbatim, it repeats things that are common to developers (security and whatnot), but it's perfect for the beginner. The book goes onto cover basic authentication in Chapter 14, and then details it in a much later chapter. The things I love about the book is that it covers PHP sessions, working with the file system directly (Windows AND UNIX), FTP uploads, and it even shows you how to make your own WebMail page using PHP.MySQL is aptly covered, the book does not go into detail with SQL, it covers the basic commands such as create database, use database, create table, insert commands, and some basic authentication stuff. It even has a small Apache tutorial in the Appendix.It's a good book for the beginner, I bought it because I like the format of the book and the examples.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL 101
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Christopher Allen
Rating: 3/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL 101
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Christopher Allen
Rating: 3/5
I would aggree with all the positive reviews for this book on most aspects. With re to just ordinary, intro SQL..this book is great ! My feeling is that even the most technically-challenged people will feel comfortable going thru this book and become productive. But IMHO, SQL is definitely NOT PL/SQL. I can't help but think that the title is not right. I mean there are only 2 chapters pertaining to PL/SQL out of 9. So if you want to learn SQL in 7 days: Get and keep this book !(You may need to re-read it) But if you're looking to get to the the next level, this book may not be what you really NEED. It'll definitely whet your "appetite" though. To be honest, i found it hard to plunk $40 for 2 chapters worth of material that i'm interested in. So i read them in the bookstore. But i'll definitely save my lunch money for the next real PL/SQL book by Mr Allen !
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft(r) SQL Server(tm) 2000 Reference Library
Publisher: Microsoft Press Rating: 1/5
Title: Microsoft(r) SQL Server(tm) 2000 Reference Library
Publisher: Microsoft Press Rating: 1/5
I have found many reasons that I wish I had not bought these books. Here are a few: 1) The entire six volume series is written by the same guy who wrote Books Online. In fact, the explanations are identical word for word, so if something is not clear in BOL, these books will do nothing to provide more insight; 2) BOL contains lots more than do these books. To quote the introduction (page 1), "All told, there was about three times as much [BOL] material as there was room in the SQL Server 2000 Reference Library". So the books are an abridged copy of BOL; 3) The books do not appear to include the September 2001 update; 4) The index does not include page numbers, just volume and chapter; 5) The page header on all 1000+ pages of the T-SQL Language Reference says "T-SQL Language Reference" so it's nearly impossible to locate anything and it's useless as a desk reference; 6) It contains the same "Related Topic" links as BOL, but of course you can't click to get there and the index only tells you what chapter to look in. So save your money, or invest it in three or four useful references.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure & XML Programming, Second Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Dejan Sunderic
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure & XML Programming, Second Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Dejan Sunderic
Rating: 5/5
Easy to understand; down to earth.
Everything that you need for stored procedure development - from naming conventions to methods to deploy changes in production.
Additional software on uathors web site for code management.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Rob Vieira
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Rob Vieira
Rating: 5/5
I have 4+ years database experience, and I have found my database bible! SQL Server 7.0 Programming book is wonderful, and the author teach us in a very straighforward practical guide to use SQL Server 7.0. I praise Rob Vieira for writing a down to earth book. Worth it to read for beginners to intermiate database programmers.
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 consider this the best book around for introducing yourself to SQL. It is easy to read, written in plain English and explains jargon and terminology unique to SQL. Although SQL does have a background in logic and mathematics, most practitioners work more by intuition and experience than set theory. The authors give clear practical advice and detailed explanations of all aspects of the SQL language and how they are used. They explain the theory behind relational databases plainly and to a detail necessary to understand what you are doing. Common mistakes and answers to questions gleaned from the net round out the book. The is the best SQL book by far, well written and edited, with sensitive typesetting and pleasing cover art. The only thing it lacks is a web based approach to database querying. Although it supplies an excellent example by taking your through the building of a book store database (!) the examples are more generic with an older enterprise orientation. For the specifics of building database driven web sites lookup one of the good books on PHP or ASP programming.
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
This is a brilliant book by Wrox. I have always wondered about DTS in the past and knew it had been expanded. And this book just develops so many great ideas using the new technology.I found several of the examples really good, and all were easy to follow. I loved the last example in Chapter 8, the Dynamic Configuration of Package Objects. Neat idea.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: OCP Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL Exam Guide
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Jason Couchman
Rating: 3/5
Title: OCP Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL Exam Guide
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Jason Couchman
Rating: 3/5
This book is a good starting point. I used this book along with the Oracle documentation and passed the exam with 93%(53/57) on my first attempt. The important thing is that do not rely upon just this book to pass the exam. Like others wrote this book does not cover some of the new features like any, all etc and has many errors.
Make use of the Oracle's "Oracle9i SQL Reference" free documentation in addition to this book. After going through the first 10 questions of the Practice Exam 1 in this book I decided to stop. I knew it is not worth my 2 hours. .... You can be hundred percent sure to pass the exam if you buy STS and prepare using it. But I felt I could have passed the exam even without buying STS. Gook luck.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL/400 Developer's Guide
Publisher: 29th Street Press
Authors: Paul Conte, Mike Cravitz
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL/400 Developer's Guide
Publisher: 29th Street Press
Authors: Paul Conte, Mike Cravitz
Rating: 5/5
This book was just what I needed. I'm an RPG programmer who has to learn SQL for a new application we're developing. Found most of what I needed here.
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
Concise, yet thorough, introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services. Just right for getting me started and helping me determine how I want to approach an implementation.
