Sybase Developer's Handbook [Paperback]

Daniel Worden (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0127639500 | ISBN-13: 978-0127639505 | Publication Date: October 30, 1998 | Edition: 1st

This book is a comprehensive resource for system administrators with detailed information on all aspects of the Sybase System 10 and 11 software, as well as sections on related supplementary software (e.g., CASE tools and Powerbuilder). The book deals with such issues as structuring a SQL (structured query language) server environment, using open client and open server architectures, and tuning and optimizing a SQL server. The newest features of System 11 are thoroughly presented.



* Contains a CD-ROM with a troubleshooting database and application
* Discusses Sybase system administration for System 10 and 11
* Covers front end tools and utilities such as Sybase system supplied utilities, PowerBuilder, several query applications, CASE tools, and DBA@Win Version II

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About the Author

Daniel J. Worden is President of Word N Systems, a Sybase partner specializing in SQL Server/PowerBuilder software development, consulting, and training in Canada and the U.S. His firm has assisted Fortune 500 companies in implementing successful Sybase applications on all platforms, including Windows NT. He is the author of several Sybase books and has written articles for Platinum Edge and Sybase Magazine. His training video, Who Killed SQL Server?, was released February 1997. Daniel is also President of the Alberta Sybase Users Group.

Product Details

• Paperback: 581 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition (October 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0127639500
• ISBN-13: 978-0127639505
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,014,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Developers Beware!, December 27, 1999

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Derek Harmon (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sybase Developer's Handbook (Paperback)

Let me open with this handbook's positives. It has reasonably useful BNF-like syntaxes for SQL and statements useful to the administration and tuning of SYBASE installations. The author also does a good job detailing the history of SYBASE's growth and development, and the differences between products on the market. Several chapters offer fair introductions to a variety of topics. For a DBA's handbook, I might give this a mediocre two stars.

Stop here if you're a Developer, though, and look for a Developer's Handbook elsewhere, because this book falls short of what it actually claims to be. There's nothing on Transact-SQL, all the add-on statements that SYBASE supports like dateadd(), etc. The programming APIs most developers are likely to use such as OpenClient, is given a cursory example chapter which does little to explain OpenClient's intricacies. Instead, the example (whose C code is in double-spaced Courier type which fills space by having approximately fifteen lines of code per page of code listings) is heavily lifted from SYBASE's own OpenClient example program (only the SQL statement being performed programmatically appears to differ).

Lastly, there's absolutely nothing about Python integration in this book, if that matters to you. But even if it doesn't, the poor typography, numerous typos and grammatical errors, and general lack of new or useful information to anyone already acquainted with SYBASE should be taken as strong signs to spend your documentation dollars elsewhere for a developer's handbook for this RDBMS.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Useful RDB design tips missing!, November 8, 2003

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Randall S. Blanchard "leftblank" (Kennett Square, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sybase Developer's Handbook (Paperback)

A history of the company is all well and good, but a "developer's guide" should say something about referential integrity, "triggers", and "GRANT"s. It doesn't.
Also, the references to "locks" and transactional "COMMIT"s is skimpy.
Be wary of any book that rambles without concrete examples.
This one does. What a rip-off!