Java Database Programming [Paperback]

Brian Jepson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471165182 | ISBN-13: 978-0471165187 | Publication Date: November 1996 | Edition: 1

A complete guide to mastering the next generation of database programming technologies

Java Database Programming teaches you the critical new Java database technologies and tools, including Sun Microsystems' Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) standard. You'll learn practical, step-by-step techniques with which you can harness the Java programming language. You will also learn how to create dynamic database applications and applets in both Internet and Intranet environments.

Java Database Programming explains:

• How Java programs access online databases
• Integrating Java with networked database technologies
• Programming with JDBC
• How to develop JDBC drivers
• Java database tools and code libraries

Java Database Programming is the innovative and hands-on book that will enable you to apply Java to real-world Internet and Intranet development. On the Java Database Programming supporting Web site, you'll find:

• tinySQL, a generic and extendable SQL engine written in Java
• The tinySQL JDBC driver
• Customizable Java database code

Visit our Web site at: http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Database programming is one of the major uses of the hot new Java language. In this book database authority Brian Jepson teaches how to design and create Java database applications that can be used throughout the Web and on corporate intranets. Jepson covers the topics crucial to Java database development, including Java applet access to online databases, integrating Java with traditional network database technologies, Java database tools and code libraries, and database security issues for Java development. Includes companion Web site with * Reusable Java applets and components * Complete Java database engines and software packages * Links to the sites of Web database vendors and resources.

From the Author

Java and JDBC have evolved quite a bit since this book was written a few years ago. Although the print version of this book hasn't changed at all, our original companion site has given way to discussion forums, new example code releases, and an interactive FAQ on Jepstone.net's companion pages.

I am sorry that some reviewers have found certain aspects of the book's style to be off-putting. In hindsight, I realize that the book would have been better with fewer digressions. It was not my intent to make it difficult for you to learn the material. Rather, I had hoped to liven up a difficult topic. Unless there is a future edition, I can't change what's written, so I offer my apologies to those of you who have found the digressions cumbersome. However, I'm working to make sure that the companion pages provide support as you hone your skills with Java and JDBC, and I hope this proves to be a useful appendix to the book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 485 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471165182
• ISBN-13: 978-0471165187
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,625,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Jepson is an editor and writer for O'Reilly Media, Inc. He's also one of the volunteer system administrators and all-around geeks for AS220, a non-profit, unjuried arts center in Providence, RI where gallery space, darkrooms, stages, artist studios, and other resources are readily available to artists; anyone can exhibit or perform.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Re: Incoherent book, September 27, 2000

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Brian Jepson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java Database Programming (Paperback)

I'm upset at this (anonymous) review that resorts to a personal attack, in which it claims certain aspects of my writing style are attempts to prove I'm "with it". Perhaps the writing style is not for everyone - I admit that this book meanders more than it should at some points, but this was done in an attempt to liven up what could have been a dull topic, and not to prove whether I'm with it or not.

The assertion that the sample code won't compile upsets me quite a bit, as well: not only have I created Jepstone.net to offer support and discussion forums for readers of my books, but since the book's release, I've been updating the example code to keep current with the latest changes in Java and JDBC.

If that reader truly has a problem with the example code, he or she should post a message to the discussion forums, and the problem will be remedied quickly.

- Brian Jepson

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not useful if you want to build db-applications, October 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Database Programming (Paperback)

Jepson understands the topics of JDBC very well. It might be interesting for the one or the other to see how you can develop your own JDBC-driver as well as a little database. If you are looking for a tutorial how to build database-applications this book is the wrong choice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Why should I pay for the printed source code?, April 21, 1998

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Sung Yi (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java Database Programming (Paperback)

Is this a Java database programming book or just a plain database programming book?  I could not quite catch the difference.  There is almost nothing in this book other than endless listing of source code (about 80%???).

Certainly, I can find a better JDBC book than this one.