Database Developer's Guide With Visual C++ 4.0 (Sams Developer's Guide) [Paperback]

Peter D. Hipson (Author), Roger Jennings (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sams Developer's Guide | Publication Date: April 1, 1996

This title shows developers how to optimize their applications for desktop and client/server databases.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1104 pages
• Publisher: Sams Publishing; 2 edition (April 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672309130
• ISBN-13: 978-0672309137
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,759,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not useful at all!, December 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Database Developer's Guide With Visual C++ 4.0 (Sams Developer's Guide) (Paperback)

There is no concrete example in this book! Only a few which is either generated by AppWizard or copied from the samples come with Visual C++ 5.0. You cannot get any idea how to develop robust DB front-end applications after reading it. Maybe you can use it for reference for some ODBC and DAO classes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not for a Developer, June 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Database Developer's Guide With Visual C++ 4.0 (Sams Developer's Guide) (Paperback)

This book is supposed to be designed for an advance developer. Well, my opinion is that this is not designed for a developer but for somebody who has a management and non-technical background who just want to read something about Visual C++ Development. Most of the code in this book were created by just using the appwizard of the Visual C++ package. Anybody can do that! If you know Visual C++ software development and read this book, you will probably doubt if the authors really know Visual C++ and MFC programming. Perhaps the authors are expert in their own field but this book is poorly organized and I guess haphazardly written. I do not recommend this book unless you have nothing else to do.

1.0 out of 5 stars A poorly organized piece of work., April 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Database Developer's Guide With Visual C++ 4.0 (Sams Developer's Guide) (Paperback)

I agree wholeheartedly with the majority of the comments I just read here. This is a very poorly organized piece of work. The subject matter is not only in total disarray but is also rather incomplete for a book with this many pages. For example, don't expect this book to give you any kind of a tutorial on the fundamentals of relational databases and SQL, not even a short one! If the terms "foreign key", "aggregate function" and "outer join" mean absolutely nothing to you at this time, DO NOT ORDER THIS BOOK in the expectation that such concepts will be clearly explained to you along the way. Even if you do have a solid foundation in relational database fundamentals, you'll find that the order and manner in which this book presents information make it virtually impossible to use what it is telling you to extend your existing knowledge usefully. I guess the authors might argue that, just as the book isn't supposed to teach you about Visual C++ / MFC programming, so it isn't supposed to teach you about relational database fundamentals either. Well, fair enough. But even if that was their "design prerequisite", they've done a pretty poor job of combining these disciplines together in a manner that is easy to follow or useful. Needless to say, if you aren't very familiar with C++ programming, Windows programming and the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), this book isn't for you either. To summarize, I give it three thumbs down. Go pick another book on the subject. I fail to see how it could be any worse!