IT programming books related reviews
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
This book changed the way I think about Transact-SQL as a language. It showed me ways of doing things that I never knew existed. It has techniques you will find nowhere else. My favorite things:- sp_generate_script - an ingenious piece of code no DBA should be without- the OLE Automation chapter - I had no idea you could do so many wonderful things with OLE Automation and T-SQL- the ranking and set queries - very clever use of some of the language's more essoteric features- the quotes that open each chapter - insightful and even downright funny at times- Henderson's dry wit and no-frills style of writing - this has produced my favorite technical book in years- Too many other things too numerous to listThe book is a work of art. Get your copy now and start learning from the guru.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Essential PHP for Web Professionals
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Christopher Cosentino
Rating: 3/5
Title: Essential PHP for Web Professionals
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Christopher Cosentino
Rating: 3/5
The book is for those who know NOTHING about PHP!. They just need to know simple thing about HTML (just understand the code!), or it's for those who need QUICK reveiw on PHP.The author's language is very simple and to the point. He will teach you from installing PHP (and Apatche server) in your pc till integrating PHP with Mysql database. After you finish chapter 2, you will know how dynamic pages work and you can do very simple dynamic page. The chapter about database is perfect (now i understand and know how to make databases on my server!!)The author is explaining all lines of each script in the book, which is good way of understanding how a script works!After you finish the book, you will understand PHP scripting (you won't know everything about PHP) so you can start developing your self by doing more scripts.This is the only book i found about PHP, so can't compare it.but it is worth it!!
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 2/5
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 2/5
One thing is very clear to me after reading this book. Delaney is not a practicing DBA. He spends far too much time on things DBAs couldn't care less about and far too little on the real important stuff. The worst part of it is the book is loaded with errors. Lots and lots of them. There are three errors in the discussion of RAID that any practicing DBA worth his money should be able to get right. There are numerous errors in the discussion of the query optimizer. I feel sorry for him that he doesn't know the technology any better than this. On top of all this, this is some of the dullest writing I've ever read. I liked the 6.5 book, but this one bores me to tears.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Sql Guide to Oracle
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: R. Van Der Lans
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Sql Guide to Oracle
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: R. Van Der Lans
Rating: 5/5
This is the third time I've bought this book. I have used it since I first found it over 10 years ago to teach new DBA's, programmers, and users the basics of SQL as well as advanced topics. While the SQL standard hasn't changed that much since the book was written, I do wish there was an updated version. By the way, in addition to the three copies I've purchased for myself (they end up disappearing), I've had every employer I've ever worked for buy copies. The material is clear and easy to learn and worth the money.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCDBA Administering SQL Server 2000 Study Guide (Exam 70-228)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Joyjit Mukherjee
Rating: 5/5
Title: MCDBA Administering SQL Server 2000 Study Guide (Exam 70-228)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Joyjit Mukherjee
Rating: 5/5
The content is nicely presented. Real life problems are discussed in detail. Administration tasks are covered with practical examples. Overall a good book to refer for exam 70-228.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Prep (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Brad Schulz, Greg Woody, Jose Amado-Blanco, Pam Barker, Christopher Leonard, Christopher A. Leonard, Pamela Barker
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Prep (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Brad Schulz, Greg Woody, Jose Amado-Blanco, Pam Barker, Christopher Leonard, Christopher A. Leonard, Pamela Barker
Rating: 4/5
Has good coverage - this book with Books Online should be enough for preparation. But exam tests your understanding of various conceps - so be sure to understand indexing, remote query, performance etc. Read up Books Online. There are hardly any questions on SQL syntax.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Core PHP Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Leon Atkinson, Zeev Suraski
Rating: 5/5
Title: Core PHP Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Leon Atkinson, Zeev Suraski
Rating: 5/5
This was my second PHP book (after the Quickstart series) and it has proven to be one of the few coding books I can't live without. As an introduction to PHP language constructs, it covers enough to get you started with clear text and concise examples. As a reference, it's invaluable!! Good detail of functions and parameters... interesting stuff on design patterns. I wish there was more instruction on the PHP5 object model, but not enought of an issue to bring down the rating.
Overall, a very thorough, clear text.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sybase Transact SQL Guidelines Best Practices
Publisher: Isosf Software
Authors: Mich Talebzadeh, Ryan Thomas Putnam
Rating: 5/5
Title: Sybase Transact SQL Guidelines Best Practices
Publisher: Isosf Software
Authors: Mich Talebzadeh, Ryan Thomas Putnam
Rating: 5/5
I have read this book and it is by far the best Sybase book I have seen in so many years. It covers up to the latest version of ASE 12.5.2. It is packed with practical examples although I would have liked to see more. I guess you can put so much in a book. It is useful for both the developers and DBAs. The chapters on tempdb optmization, working out fragmentation and purge and archiving will be very handy for DBAs. Very much recommended for both the average and the more experienced readers
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 4/5
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 4/5
I consider my self an Intermediate PHP coder, and I've found the book to be a good reference. I think the book was aimed at beginners to PHP, and as such I don't find it as useful as the on-line docs. I would recommend the book for anyone who needs some examples to go with the vanilla definitions in the manual.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7 Administrator's Guide
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Ron Talmage
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7 Administrator's Guide
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Ron Talmage
Rating: 5/5
I read this book right after it came out. This book was instrumental in getting my MCDBA certification. I found the reading much easier than the Books On-Line (BOL). In my opinion that is why you purchase technical books, to get a clearer understanding of what the documentation that comes with the product is trying to say. This is not to say I think the BOL are bad, this book just does a better job of explaining some of the topics. To give this book a poor review because you can learn MS-SQL 7.0 from the Books On-Line is absurd, the BOL contain everything you need to know, same as the Oracle documentation does for an Oracle RDMS, reading either can be a bit much though.Steven A. Frare MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA
