Java Database Programming [Paperback]

Williamson (Author), Moran (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 1997

Breakthrough information for Web database developers!

• The first book to cover servlets - Java's answer to CGI, set to revolutionize Web database design.
• Ties together JDBC, servlets, front-end design, security, multi-threading and client/server.
• Practical coverage of database security, communications and multitasking.

This book brings together state-of-the-art coverage of the new technologies Web database developers need to know about - especially servlets, Java's reliable, powerful answer to CGI. The book begins with detailed coverage of the most interesting features of servlets and JDBC, including security, communications and multitasking. Extensive sample code shows how the language constructs operate. Next, the book presents techniques for front-ending actual applications built with Oracle and other leading database products. Detailed JDBC coverage includes JDBC connections, statements and prepared statements. Java Database Programming: Servlets and JDBC will be an invaluable resource for all developers who want to build leading edge Web database applications.

Alan Williamson is a professional C++ and Java developer specializing in database construction. He has several articles published in The Java Report, the foremost reference magazine for new Java programming techniques.

Ceri Moran is a database programmer with MDIS, a leading programming consultancy that works closely with Sun Microsystems.

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Breakthrough information for Web database developers!

* The first book to cover servlets - Java's answer to CGI, set to revolutionize Web database design.
* Ties together JDBC, servlets, front-end design, security, multi-threading and client/server.
* Practical coverage of database security, communications and multitasking.
This book brings together state-of-the-art coverage of the new technologies Web database developers need to know about - especially servlets, Java's reliable, powerful answer to CGI. The book begins with detailed coverage of the most interesting features of servlets and JDBC, including security, communications and multitasking. Extensive sample code shows how the language constructs operate. Next, the book presents techniques for front-ending actual applications built with Oracle and other leading database products. Detailed JDBC coverage includes JDBC connections, statements and prepared statements. Java Database Programming: Servlets and JDBC will be an invaluable resource for all developers who want to build leading edge Web database applications.

Alan Williamson is a professional C++ and Java developer specializing in database construction. He has several articles published in The Java Report, the foremost reference magazine for new Java programming techniques.

Ceri Moran is a database programmer with MDIS, a leading programming consultancy that works closely with Sun Microsystems.

About the Author

Alan Williamson is a professional C++ and Java developer specializing in database construction. He has several articles published in The Java Report, the foremost reference magazine for new Java programming techniques. Ceri Moran is a database programmer with MDIS, a leading programming consultancy that works closely with Sun Microsystems.

Product Details

• Paperback: 439 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; Pap/Dsk edition (November 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013737917X
• ISBN-13: 978-0137379170
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,728,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A book so bad it is laughable, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Database Programming (Paperback)

I got this book from a friend who was going to throw it away. After perusing it, I threw it away. You would learn more about servlets from reading a couple of articles in periodicals! This book's content is so vapid and the author's style is so pretentious it is comical. No doubt, I would have been less amused if I'd wasted my money on it instead of just my time.

Instead of stars, I think Amazon.com should offer a bomb icon for a book this bad.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book offers very little to servlet developers., December 18, 1997

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This review is from: Java Database Programming (Paperback)

If you were waiting for a book that offered an in depth treatment of servlets, you'll have to keep waiting. This book on Java Servlets and JDBC offers only 20 pages on Servlets and the content of those pages is pretty thin. Do you really want to see the code for a 'Hello World' or a counter servlet? The author's code is generously shared on a diskette glued to the back cover. For US$50 at least give me the code on CD-ROM! This book reminds me of those overpriced paperback textbooks, written by the instructor, we were compelled to buy in college. I wish JavaSoft would step up to the plate and publish a book that thoroughly covers servlets with useful, annotated examples and maybe even include an appendix of the complete Servlet API classes.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Shameful!, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Database Programming (Paperback)

After browsing this book at a local book store, I'm now convinced that the old saying is true: "those who can't do, teach. those who can't teach, write books" the title of the book is misleading. the examples are extremly poor, the style of writting is bizarre, the index is a joke... the list could go on and on. I wonder how this THING ever got publisned! Alan Williamson and Ceri Moran, shame on both of you!