C++ Database Development [Paperback]

Al Stevens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1994

This guide aims to provide all the necessary tools for relational database design in C++. Combining text and a diskette with re-usable source code, this book covers the application of C++ object-orientated language to database and utility design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Mis Pr; 2 Pap/Dis edition (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558283579
• ISBN-13: 978-1558283572
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,702,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Al Stevens is a writer and musician. He is the author of more than two dozen books on computer programming and use and countless magazine articles. For fifteen years, Stevens was the C Programming Columnist for Dr. Dobb's Journal, an international magazine for computer programmers.

Al lives in Florida with his wife Judy and a menagerie of cats. He ventures out to play with local jazz groups. He also performs as a comedy ventriloquist.

You can read more at Al's website, http://www.alstevens.com.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very well written, April 1, 1998

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Dustin J. Mitchell (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C++ Database Development (Paperback)

For a non-textbook, this book is beautifully informative. I am a newcomer to the world of databases, and I found this book to be very explainative of the concepts of an object database and of the techniques used to implement one in C++. The author's prose style is professional, yet smooth, and his code is well written and well commented.

Note that almost half of the pages of this book are source code for the PARODY system.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor book, December 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ Database Development (Paperback)

Those expecting to find a good introduction to databases better look for another book. Al Stevens knows a lot about C++, but not about databases, especially relational databases. The explanation of the relational model is simply wrong. PARODY should be called PATODY, the Persistent Almost Tabular Data Storage System

5.0 out of 5 stars C++ Database Developmnt, March 26, 2001

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B. Li "a cautious guy" (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C++ Database Development (Paperback)

Many advanced C++ concepts get clearified, and lots of practical coding issues get touched. I really like the simple and straight forward manner of the book. This book is a great help to turn youself from a student to a programmer.