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Oracle Database Programming using Java and Web Services

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I have been working on different projects building enterprise level software involving many J2EE and Database technologies. One of the major frustration facing developers is how "practical information" related to these two worlds are completely isolated from one another, in fact, it is very common to see the majority of today's developers specializing in one of them and completely ignoring the other. The few who actually can keep following up with both can understand and achieve a lot more.
I found the information in this book to be complete; it describes the notions, the architectures (even those details that are hard to find anywhere) and it gives detailed examples on how it will look like in the code which cuts learning time for engineers a lot.

I have read all the Amazon reviews for this book, which I have purchased, but not yet completed reading. In brief, its content is excellent, but its English is weak and nonstandard.

It is noteworthy that all of the Amazon 5* reviews employ broken, marginal English, while those of less than 5* rating, save for this one, employ readable English.

This book is worth buying only if your tolerance of Third World English is high. Frankly, it reflects (not represents) the current state of the IT profession. Walk into most IT shops and written English capability is at 3rd, 4th grade level. Once upon a time, badly formulated English was verboten in professional ranks. Now, it is normal. Once upon a time, badly formulated English was absolutely verboten in publication ranks. Now, even publishers bastardize English, and think nothing of it. A sorry state of affairs.

Credit to the author for a book with valuable content. Zero credit to the publisher for complete negligence in failing to edit.

I've been programming in C++, Corba and Java for years and was looking for a book to develop agaisnt the Oracle database. First of all this book is well written and at a glance, it covers all the API and utilities that a Java developer may use to exploit the Oracle database including Java in the database, JDBC, SQLJ, JPublisher and Database Web services ( Corba folks like myself will love the Web services part). You will be amazed reading through this book all the possibilities that Java in the database allows ; the Groovy and Jython stored procedures are just well presented. I am right now digging into Part-II dedicated to JDBC, the Rowset API, RAC support, etc. This book will provide great career advancement opportunities. I strongly recommend this book to my Java developers fellows.

If you use Java and/or Oracle (Or if only you've planned to), this is THE book you miss ! Complete and easy to read, every concept comes with samples and scripts. Full of informations that I didn't find anywhere else, I've learned a lot. When it talks about something I already knows, it does it so well : "There is probably no better ways to explain things".

At first, it look like it will be just to thick a book to go through and get first hand information. It turnd out to be well structured and I have enjoyed picking up just one section at a time.
The Web Services section will you give you a novel way to look at your Oracle database, and get a first step in SOA adventure.
It's definitely worth having this reference book in your library.

I have 2 bookcases filled with computer science and engineering texts. This is by far the worst of all of them... as far as the writing is concerned. The grammar is horrible. Obviously no spell check was used. Some books require reading sections a couple of times, just because the concepts are difficult to grasp. This book requires re-reading of sections just because the wording is so poor, despite the concepts being fairly straight-forward. On the positive side, the book presents lots of useful ideas and practical examples.

I've been doing Oracle database-related application design and development since before Java even existed. As time progressed, Java became more and more prevalent in the Enterprise environment, web servers became application servers, and before you knew it, Java was being run right in the database.

It has always been difficult and confusing to figure out the various Java technologies and tools and implementations when it comes to a complete Enterprise system... until now.

Kuassi does a remarkable job of providing keen and detailed insight into all aspects of Java in the Oracle Database realm.

A nice, logical technical progression as well as very detailed code samples make this book useful for those wishing to introduce themselves to the basic concepts, or write a specific implementation.

The detailed case studies that show real code used in real world solutions are invaluable. (We've already implemented one of them for a new project we're starting on!)

All in all, it's an excellent book and should be on the shelf of any DBA/Developer that has anything to do with Java in their environment.

This book has a good deal of information that is accessible. However, several coding examples are incomplete and in some cases misleading. Given the strengths of the book, they are probably oversights or space limitations. The missing code segments are too frequently in the wrong places.

The code examples predominate the book. Hidden gems are nested where readers only find them searching out topics. On a bright note, the index is good at locating what is in the book.