IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle Database 10g SQL (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Jason Price, Jason Price, McGraw-Hill
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle Database 10g SQL (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Jason Price, Jason Price, McGraw-Hill
Rating: 5/5
This is a good book. It teaches the basics and advanced uses of SQL. I'd already used SQL and Oracle before, and found the advanced chapters on tuning and the use of large objects and advanced analytical functions.I downloaded the Zip file from the Oracle Press web site and had the example database up and running in minutes. I didn't have any problems running any of the examples shown in the book.I also liked the coverage of PL/SQL included in the book. Saved me from buying a book on Oracle 10g PL/SQL. This book even has a chapter on running SQL from within a Java program using JDBC!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 4/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 4/5
I liked this book, however I think that the title is a bit misleading...It does take longer than ten minutes to get this baby cracked.CheersGraham F French...
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 7 Data Warehousing
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Michael J. Corey, Michael Abbey, Ian Abramson, Larry Barnes, Benjamin Taub, Rajan Venkitachalam
Rating: 1/5
Title: SQL Server 7 Data Warehousing
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Michael J. Corey, Michael Abbey, Ian Abramson, Larry Barnes, Benjamin Taub, Rajan Venkitachalam
Rating: 1/5
This book spends way too much time discussing data warehousing, data mining, and the Internet "generically". (There are much better sources for this information.) The information that is specific to SQL Server 7 data warehousing leaves the reader wanting.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Essence of SQL : A Guide to Learning Most of SQL in the Least Amount of Time
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: David Rozenshtein
Rating: 4/5
Title: The Essence of SQL : A Guide to Learning Most of SQL in the Least Amount of Time
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: David Rozenshtein
Rating: 4/5
This book provided the information I needed to get to work quickly on a problem I was having. Although my background is in programming I had not worked with SQL before. Armed with this book I was able to develop the queries, update the records and generate the reports required for my job in a short amount of time.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 7 Developer's Guide
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Michael Otey, Paul Conte
Rating: 4/5
Title: SQL Server 7 Developer's Guide
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Michael Otey, Paul Conte
Rating: 4/5
If you only want one book on the subject of developing for SQL Server 7.0, this book is it. What separates this book from others is its ability to successfully transition from a 50,000' overview to the ground level where the job is done. The process of landing high level concepts occurs through resolving timeless issues that confront every professional developer, regardless of the platform. This book takes on the fundamentals of SQL, provides insight on database design techniques and then explains the mechanics of how to link an application with SQL Server. Although there are books available on each of these subjects, the authors present the information with the right blend of brevity & thoroughness.SQL Server 7.0 has many new features. The authors do a complete job of explaining what the new features are. They have provided insights and tips you need to know when it is time to set up and administrate the database. The book also nicely covers replication, a subject given one page in Soukup's "Inside SQL Server," and ignored in Vaughn's "Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server."I found this book clearly written and concise, although it is almost one thousand pages. Code samples provided on the CD actually work. This is not a comment on the authors - similar books have burned me too many times whose CDs do not support the text. Like the rest of the book, the code is clear, and insightful. I look forward to future books by these authors.
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
Lots of books will give you TSQL syntax. Very few will teach you the insides of the language, the secrets that only the masters know. This book teaches you those secrets. It will take you from being a novice to being an expert.Its hard to pick a favorite chapter from among so many good ones. Here are my favorites:1. SELECT chapter - this is a tour de force of all that can be done with the SELECT command. I went in thinking it would be lame. I came out being amazed at the power of this simple command.2. Statistical commands - this is a collection of powerful queries that show how to compute numerous types of statistical figures from Sql Server databases.3. Arrays - this chapter is a life-saver if you need array-like functionality from TSQL.4. Administrative TSQL - this chapter has several scripts that professional DBA's would kill for. Worth the price of the book alone.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server Development with Access 2000
Publisher: Peer Information Inc.
Authors: Rick Dobson
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional SQL Server Development with Access 2000
Publisher: Peer Information Inc.
Authors: Rick Dobson
Rating: 5/5
I have been a fan of WROX Press books for some time, and as a 'former' Oracle guy, the library by Mr. Dobbs has made my transition to SQL Server/T-SQL effortless. His books are the standard bible around my office with all of the programmers. The style of writing and depth of coverage will get you quickly through any challenge you may pose in using this wonderful database.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Visual Basic SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Thearon Willis
Rating: 5/5
Title: Beginning Visual Basic SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Thearon Willis
Rating: 5/5
This is the kind of book you want to pay more for --- (of course you wouldn't know before buying it)Mr. Willis is good... He has the soul of a true teacher.... I would like to say:1. Thanks to Wrox for his good books (Good Job! )2. I will be watching for anything by Mr. WillisThanks again!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 2/5
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 2/5
I spent a good SAM proverbial"21 days" on digesting this monster book. But it has failed to impart anything beyond a beginning knowledge to help me build dynamic web-sites using PHP/MySQL.Disappointment.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Robert Vieira
Rating: 4/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Robert Vieira
Rating: 4/5
This book is actually really good. I thought Database programming and design would be one of the most boring things I've ever studied in my life, but with this book it was actually quite interesting. They would do well to trim off about 200 pages, but otherwise it's good. I don't like the fact that the book holds your hand so much, but I guess it's understandable since the target audience is people who have never done any database programming. If you're looking for a good introductory book to dealing with SQL Server from a non API standpoint (as in dealing directly with the Enterprise Manager, etc), then you can't really go wrong with this book.
