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The Complete Guide to Java Database Programming with FDBC

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Don't waste your money on this book. The book starts out good. The first two chapters are well written and informative. Unfortunately, this book is peppered with errors. The errors are so obvious that the author and McGraw-Hill should be ashamed to publish it in its current state (the first programming example won't even compile!).

This books has alot of errors and I would not pay more then $1 for it. But this books is a ok (not great) paper weight

I felt the need to add a few comments about this book directed to those who may be looking for a primer on Java database programming. Having read several JDBC books, I feel that this is the best written of the bunch! Though there may be some typos in the code examples, nobody that I've read explains JDBC concepts as well or as simply as this author does. Because of the book's age, you may want to read another reference for the new method syntax along with this one. But don't shortchange youself, read this book if you're trying to gain an understanding of Java database programming. If you're only looking for code examples, you can find those on the web.

Although the book does have good information, I can't help but think that the author didn't intend on having his hard work put to print with all the errors! Clearly the publisher and the editor are at fault here; the writer is responsible for the content, but has little control over his changes being applied to the final script.

If you can get passed the type-o's and code errors, Siple does offer good time saving advice in a simple manner that even novice JAVA programmers like me can understand.

I was looking for a book to fill in some holes with GUI (Swing) interfaces for JDBC. I purchased the book because it appeared to have some GUI examples. In chapter 1 (page 4) the author stated, "All user interface components used in this book are contained in the Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) or in the Java Foundation Classes (JFC)". Then in chapter 12 (page 180), there is a note that states, "Being a UNIX hack, I prefer simple command line interfaces whenever possible. I leave the development of a GUI front end to this class as an exercice for the reader." The first two examples don't work; both contain syntax errors, and the second calls methods that don't exist. Flipping through the book it appears there are numerous examples, however all of the examples (except for the first two) build up to the only GUI app in the book. The CD-ROM has little useful data: JDK 1.1.4 (1.1.6 is available), examples from the book (which are corrected, Hmm), and a few links that most Java developers aready are aware of. The author does cover the basics of JDBC, however I was hoping for more real-world examples, instead of one application that I would not consider real-world.

I like the way the author cuts down to the chase and gets in the meat immediately. I actually "get it" almost right away, the core steps and principles by the way the whole thing is laid out. However, typos are everywhere. It's all over the place!. It gets very irritating and distracting after awhile. Such a shame for an otherwise fine book.

This book is very helpful for a starter like me. It explains all the fundamentals clearly.

Although this book is quite dated now (written under JDK 1.1), it is still a great resource for learning JDBC programming. Yes, the book is riddled with errors in the code, but I have yet to find any programming book that isn't. This book covers every major topic involved in JDBC programming, and has lots of sample code. I was very pleased with this book, and within a weekend was able to start writing Java applications to access ODBC and MySQL databases.

Yes I agree with the other reviews that there are a lot of type o's but the code on the CD is correct. Anyhew if your worth your weight in java to begin with you would be able to see the mistakes and correct them they're not that difficult. The book is well written and the jdbc api is explained very elegantly. Good job Matthew. I would however give the publisher and editor a piece of my mind if I were you about the type o's. Nasty!
The code on the CD does make up for it though. Check it out.

This book sure has a lot of typos and coding pring errors. It must be a source of great embarassment to Mcgraw-Hill. The braces have wrong scoping making it impossible to compile without putting in a lot of analysis. This is very frustrating to novices like myself.

Otherwise the book as been very lucidly written for individuals who need a jumpstart on learning and using JDBC.

Another good feature (in disguise) is that one can learn how to debug dirty code. Unless you specualte you cannot accumulate!