I don't have a JDBC book as yet.
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Originally posted by noel angel:
I don't have a book on the topic of JDBC yet and would like to win his one!
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Originally posted by Peter den Haan:
What makes this book stand out for me is that (a) it is authoritative, (b) it contains all information about JDBC you might conceivably need, and not just the bits that some author thought would be useful, and (c) it is one of the very few books that successfully manages to address an audience ranging from beginner(-ish)s to advanced users: wherever you're at, this book is going to be useful. Please be warned though that I am biased.
- Peter
[ October 07, 2003: Message edited by: Peter den Haan ]
Originally posted by Morrison Chang:
Just by looking at the table of contents it looks like Fisher and Bruce covered everything under the JDBC 3.0 spec. My question to them is: What do you think you've either missed out on or could have improved but couldn't due to publishing deadlines?
Maydene Fisher<br />author, "JDBC(tm) API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition"
Originally posted by Sainudheen Mydeen:
Hi Anselm Paulinus
You can find the new features in JDBC 3.0 here. But I am not sure to what extent it is covered in this book. From various reviews, all I know is, it is a GOOD Book.
-Sainudheen
Maydene Fisher<br />author, "JDBC(tm) API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition"
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
The main problem I encountered was that of not having JDBC drivers that implement all of the JDBC 3.0 features
Is this something you point out in the book? Several questions appear in this forum in regards to some part of the JDBC API not working, and a lot of the time, the answer to this question is simply that the Driver does not implement that feature.
Do you by any chance have a list of current JDBC Drivers and Vendors that do support the 3.0 API? That would be handy to have. Especially for someone who is trying to decide on a DB Vendor and wants the 3.0 API features. It does no good to use a DB that doesn't have a Driver that supports those features.
Maydene Fisher<br />author, "JDBC(tm) API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition"
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
There are several JDBC books on the market right now. I have 2 of them. Just not yours, yet.
What seperates your book from the rest of the other books? Why should someone buy your book over all the others?
Maydene Fisher<br />author, "JDBC(tm) API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition"
Originally posted by Maydene Fisher:
Hi Gregg,
Good question. The book is big, and it costs a lot of money. The answer is that it gives you everything you need in one volume, including JDBC 3.0 features and the latest information about the RowSet implementations. When you have a question about how to use a method or what parameters it takes, this is the book to use. The database programmers I know keep a copy on their desks and refer to it all the time.
You can read descriptions of the book's contents on Amazon.com, so I won't spend much time on that. The book is what its title indicates, a tutorial and reference. There are actually four tutorials aimed at different levels and at different areas of content. From what we have seen and the feedback we have gotten, the reference part is the most complete and accurate you will find anywhere. We worked hard to explain concepts in simple language and to give lots of examples showing how the API is used.
We have been very gratified by reader comments thanking us for making even the most difficult concepts easy to grasp.
We hope you will find "JDBC(tm) API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition" to be as valuable as others have found it.
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Maydene Fisher
author, "JDBC(tm) API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition"
I was one of the tech reviewers.Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Just out of curiosity, what makes you biased to this book?
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Originally posted by Peter den Haan:
I was one of the tech reviewers.
- Peter
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