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

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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.

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!

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.

Avoid buying this book, the links provided in the book are invalid and if you want to install the AdventureWorks database which they use for examples, good luck!

It is pretty good introduction to Database programming in C#, it has the basics that you may have overlooked if you are already programming and builds a solid foundation for new devs

I have the physical copy of this book but, since I have a Kindle, I decided to get the Kindle version so I wouldn't have to lug around the book itself. Big mistake.
The code samples in this book don't adjust in size depending on what you have your text size set at. That means you end up with code samples that are very tiny. So tiny, in fact, that some may need a magnifying glass to read them. The rest of the text though, other than the programs and code samples, is perfectly readable. I wish Amazon would take the formating of Kindle books a little more seriously.

I'm an experienced MsAccess developer, I bought this book in order to understand how access to databases can be managed from C#.

This book is really too basic for everyone who has already some experience with db programming, nothing worth to read.

Este libro me ayudara a comprender sobre como crear o resolver casos en una base de datos. Estoy empezando a aprender sobre bases de datos y este libro seguramente me ayudara a aclarar mis dudas.

Felicitaciones!

Jairo Leonel Toc Bol