Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Books for Professionals by Professionals) [Paperback]

Vidya Vrat Agarwal (Author), James Huddleston (Author), Ranga Raghuram (Author), Fahad Syed Gilani (Author), Hammer Jacob Pedersen (Author), Jon Reid (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590599004 | ISBN-13: 978-1590599006 | Publication Date: January 16, 2008 | Edition: 1

Beginning C# 3.0 Databases is for every C# programmer. This book assumes no prior database experience, and teaches, always through hands-on examples, how to create and use relational databases with the standard database language SQL and how to access them with C#. Almost every application needs to access a database, and this book concisely teaches all the fundamentals needed—and most that are ever needed—to develop professional database applications.

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About the Author

Vidya Vrat Agarwal holds Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) for .NET, and MCSD certifications and is a Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). He started working on .NET with its first beta release. He is currently a Senior Subject Matter Expert – Microsoft for Lionbridge in Mumbai, India, where he lives with his beloved wife and lovely daughter Vamika (nicknamed Pearly). Vidya believes that nothing will turn into a reality without them. Coauthor of Beginning VB 9.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional, he also writes articles for Programmers Heaven (http://www.programmersheaven.com/) and blogs at http://dotnetpassion.blogspot.com/.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (January 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590599004
• ISBN-13: 978-1590599006
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth my time, I've learned something., September 17, 2009

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PJR (Near Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Books for Professionals by Professionals) (Paperback)

This is exactly what it says it is, beginning databases from novice to professional, although a professional will quickly skim through it and determine it's not necessary for them.

I've been doing this kind of programming since 1985, but I'll be the first to admit that I don't and can't know everything. I've spent most of the past 24 years working in obsolete languages and IDE's--if something WORKS, I'll stick with it. So I'm coming to C# a little late in the game. All I want from a book like this are quick examples of how to make a tool do what I want, and maybe a brief explanation of how something works. Once I learn syntax, it stays with me and I don't like to waste a lot of time reading things that don't apply to me.

This book is PERFECT in that regard, each chapter tells you what they're going to teach, why you would want to learn it, how to "Try it out" and finally "How it works."

If you're the kind of person who learns by doing, this is the book for you. No, it won't answer all of your questions but it will give you enough of a working knowledge of SQL Server MSE, and how to at least get started in C# with it. The main thing when you're starting out with something like this is to build some confidence and MOMENTUM, then you can start asking the right questions and looking to other reference materials for your answers.

After that, you'll probably never need to open this book again. Most people will finish it in a week or two.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Leap Into Serious Enterprise Apps, February 17, 2010

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Carl Hope Korkpoe (Cape Coast, Ghana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Books for Professionals by Professionals) (Paperback)

I purchased a copy of this book in order to get on the Microsoft Visual Studio platform especially the C# technology. Coming from a Java background I needed something that takes you into serious territory quicker. And this book has not failed. It addresses a serious technology is a friendly manner - crisp and clear. The instructions are clear and lead the reader into the core of database programming without assistance. If you are new to the Visual Studio platform, then splashing a fortune on this book is a good investment to make. I have recommended itBeginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional to my students and I hope it works for you too!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lots and lots of padding, very little content, December 5, 2010

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J. Harvey (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Kindle Edition)

If you have even the most rudimentary acquaintance with C# and SQL you'll be sorry you bought this book; it honestly doesn't go past week one of a typical beginner's class. Plenty, plenty of white space, plenty of "Here is what I'm going to say, here is what I'm saying, here is what I just said," but I for one found literally nothing that I hadn't already learned from a couple of afternoons of wrestling with my own project with occasional help from MSDN. Databases are a very big topic, with many subtleties that one doesn't want to always have to be learning the hard way, and C# has become an impressively powerful tool for managing them, but this book can't even be called an introduction to the topic. Shocking, really, and most disappointing.