Jdbc: Java Database Connectivity [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Bernard Van Haecke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

A thorough introduction to connecting databases with Java. The book integrates platforms, technology, tools and solutions to help developers optimise their efforts. Includes CD-ROM.

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This valuable guide provides both the academic side--designing databases--and the practical side--coding interfaces--of enterprise applications involving JDBC. Van Haecke goes into much detail on designing database applications, a process he calls identifying the "business logic" of a program. He talks a little bit about three-tier database design (though dbAnywhere and similar programs get glossed over) and discusses CORBA from a conceptual point of view. Van Haecke also covers Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and security in more depth than most books offer; the automotive-flavored sample application included for RMI is hardly typical of the usual dry fare employed to explain the subject. Van Haecke, a Sun Microsystems consultant, shines when he explains complicated database topics. This book includes a great discussion of serving multimedia from a database, including a complete sample application for that purpose. All the source code appears on the companion CD-ROM along with Bongo 1.0, JDK 1.1.1, and some other tools. If you already have a decent grasp of JDBC and want guidance through the hairier aspects of Java database work, this is the book for you.

Product Details

• Paperback: 385 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers) (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531441
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531446
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,765,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best JDBC book available for serious development, February 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jdbc: Java Database Connectivity (Paperback)

Finally, the JDBC book I've always been looking for. I first started using JDBC last spring. At the time, there weren't many choices available on the bookshelf to learn from. The best of the bunch was Java Database Programming with JDBC, now available in a second edition. While that book is still decent, this book blows away that and every other JDBC book I've ever seen. Finally, a book that looks beyond all the simple and mundane parts of JDBC to expose what they all mean and what you can do with them. With excellent descriptions on topics like Transaction Isolation Levels, Dealing with BLOBs, and Handling Simultaneous Users, among many others, you'll have your JDBC applications doing back flips if you want them to.

If you are in the market for a JDBC book, be sure to read the recent comparative JDBC book review at JavaWorld (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-1998/jw-01-bookreview.html). Unfortunately, this book is too new to have been included. To fill in the columns of their table for this book: Price/$39.99, Pages/388, Chapters/10, Appendices/5, Index/Decent, Glossary/None, CD-ROM/Yes, Authors/1, Listings Density/54, Drivers Explored/No, Three-tiered Example/Yes, JDK 1.1?/Yes, API Reference/Yes. Also, if you are new to Java, you will need an introductory book, like "Core Java", as this book does not touch Java fundamentals. If you are new to SQL, you might consider "SQL Database Programming with Java", too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot hot hot this is the database book you should read, January 16, 1998

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This review is from: Jdbc: Java Database Connectivity (Paperback)

If you need to build an database app with java you should read this book. This book is pack with things like RMI, Security and alot more.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The sample code does not work with other database, November 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jdbc: Java Database Connectivity (Paperback)

Lack of explanation and instructions on how to set up the examples in the CDRom.

The only instruction found for settinng up the database to run examples in the CDROM is for Sybase. If you use other kind of database.. good luck.. you are on your own.