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
I have read the book and I am recommending this to all of my fellow DBAs, both as a technical reference manual and for exam prep. The book contains a concise and easy to read explaination of all the main topics in SQL Server 2000 with scripts and a great included CDROM! This book gets into the nuts and bolts of day-to-day tasks that a SQL Server DBA goes through. It's a great reference book to keep on your desk and close to you at all times.I credit this book with saving many of my projects!I recommend this book very highly!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle SQL Developer's Guide
Publisher: Windcrest
Authors: Carolyn J. Hursch, Jack L. Hursch
Rating: 4/5
Title: Oracle SQL Developer's Guide
Publisher: Windcrest
Authors: Carolyn J. Hursch, Jack L. Hursch
Rating: 4/5
If I want the details, I look at the actual Oracle documentation on-line. However, this book makes a nice slim reference (about the same size as the K&R C Programming book) - 240 pages as opposed to most Oracle books which I've seen which tend to be 1300 pages or longer. Of course, the book is a bit dated (mine covers Oracle 6.0), but I still find it useful.
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
This book was extremely helpful in my quest for knowledge on PHP. It has well explained examples and the web site is regularly updated with any errors that are found.
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: 5/5
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: 5/5
I bought this book and the Oracle Press one to prepare for the exam. I think this one is far better than the Oracle Press one. The questions in Oracle Press one is too easy and the CD in it is useless. I like the CD come with this book. It has an electronic version of this book. It also has some flashcard you can download to your PDA. I love it. Overall, I highly recommend this book to prepare for the exam. It helps me to pass the exam (49/57).
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server Reporting Services
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Paul Turley, Todd Bryant, James Counihan, George McKee, Dave DuVarney
Rating: 4/5
Title: Professional SQL Server Reporting Services
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Paul Turley, Todd Bryant, James Counihan, George McKee, Dave DuVarney
Rating: 4/5
I just got started using Reporting Services and was completely lost using the BOL. This book really helped me understand how to get started and to write some more advanced reports. Some of the screen pictures were a little out of date (apparently taken from the beta version) but this was not a big deal. The errata info at the Wrox forums was also very helpful and I was able to get answers from the authors on the P2P forum. In all, I'm happy I bought the book. Good job.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Programacion De SQL Server 7.0 Con Visual Basic 6.0
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Willia Vaughn
Rating: 5/5
Title: Programacion De SQL Server 7.0 Con Visual Basic 6.0
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Willia Vaughn
Rating: 5/5
This is not a book for new people programing Visual Basic 6 and SQL Server, but if you have an idea of how to work with that tools I think that will be what you're looking for.Most of my question about make connections with a relational database were solved in those papers. It's a book that gives you the right answers and solutions for the typicals problems and the author train your thought to take the best way in the develop of your solution. I don't know who is Mr. William R. Vaughn, but if I would have the oportunity I would have to express my thanks to share your knowledge.
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
Like often seems the case, the first several reviews here are glowing....which leads me to suspect that oftimes the authors or those in coohoots with the authors give themselves alot of 5-stars in order to make the sale. That being said, I think the truth comes out in the wash evenutally.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Itzik Ben-Gan, Tom Moreau
Rating: 2/5
Title: Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Itzik Ben-Gan, Tom Moreau
Rating: 2/5
One of the problems with a lot of computer books these days is that they try to cover a wide range of topics without _really_ delving into anything. This is one such book. It will tell you what a stored procedure is, how to code it, what some of the syntax is - the basics - without really going into the details. In other words, you won't learn anything from this book that you couldn't learn on your own in an afternoon with the Books Online and Query Analyzer. The SQL presented in this book is neither advanced nor SQL Server 2K specific, and I think you'd be wasting your money to buy it.
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 have used this book as a SQL reference with SQL Server, Oracle, Interbase, and Sybase back ends with great success. For generic ANSI SQL this book is great for both beginner and advanced topics. Best used however with a vendor specific SQL book also. Many vendors will have wierd quirks to their syntax. Examples in the book are both easy to read and easy to comprehend. I strongly recomend this book to any programmer.
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