Visual C++ 6 Database Programming Tutorial [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Wendy Sarrett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Programmer to Programmer | Publication Date: March 1999

Visual C++ 6 Database Programming has been designed to provide basic tuition in developing data access applications. It's an introductory book that covers the main data access technologies currently in use, including ODBC, DAO, OLE DB, ADO and RDS. Each of these technologies are demonstrated using pratical coded examples in C++, using MFC to provide the user interface. There is also coverage of database theory and database design, and an introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL).

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From the Publisher

This book is aimed primarily at Visual C++ developers who have little or no experience in the field of databases, but now want to learn more about the various technologies offered by Microsoft. You should have a good working knowledge of C++, and while experience of MFC is helpful, it is not essential.

About the Author

Wendy Sarrett graduated from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton undergrad in 1983. After finding out she preferred playing with the computers that did the financial calculations than doing them she went back to University of California at Irvine where she received a MS in Information and Computer Science in 1990. After working for four years at FileNet as a test engineer, system administrator and test tool developer she moved to Minneapolis for a year and a half and then back east to Virginia where she currently works as a software engineer for Careerbuilder Inc. Wendy is both a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and a Chartered Financial Analyst. When she's not playing with the computer she's either working out, playing with her pets Marco, a talking parrot, Delenn, a Cockatiel, and PC, her long time feline buddy who has been with her 14 years and has traveled by plane more than some people. She also enjoys watching sports, talking political heads and of course B5 on TV.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Peer Information Inc.; 1st edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861002416
• ISBN-13: 978-1861002419
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,358,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Basic Introduction, February 13, 1999

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Edward M. Bender (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visual C++ 6 Database Programming Tutorial (Paperback)

I am a novice programmer, so, if I feel it is an elementary treatment of the subject matter, you should believe me. Over the past 6 months, I have read 10 books on programming with Visual C++ (including MFC, ATL, COM, database). This book would have been more useful if the author had concentrated simply on OLEDB programming for Visual C++. The intro material on database basics is insufficient to help the absolute beginner, but is too elementary for the majority of people who have an interest in database development. The same statement can be made about the author's discussion of COM. However, the most disconcerting fact is that the cornerstone chapter (Chap. 6, "An OLE DB Consumer Example") is based on a SQL Server database. If this book is geared towards the mass market of beginning database programmers, why wouldn't the author use a mass market database as was used in the other chapters(Microsoft Access)? What novice database programmer is going to have free access to SQL Server? Wrox Press editors should have realized this and at least provided the sample database in this chapter in both SQL Server format and Access format. Other than these comments, it is a useful book for the absolute beginner if you are willing to transpose SQL Server data into Access.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Basic Overview of Subject, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual C++ 6 Database Programming Tutorial (Paperback)

I agree with the other reviewers that it is just a basic overview of the subject and if the wanted to cover SQL Server there should have also been a version for Access. In fact I think Wrox should provide an Access version on their web site.

Also, who ever edited the book needs to go back to English 101. It has way too many grammatical errors making me believe no one read the book before it was published.

As with all books I did however get bits and pieces of useful information on OLE DB consumer templates but since I am writing this review I have to comment on how many books are published that contain the same basic information. Why don't publishers get authors that write books with real world example. I am tried of looking at book after book that shows you how to draw a line. In terms of this book, if the author could have talked about and showed how to use the various data bound controls that come with VC 6, that would have been useful. Basically you have to get VB books if you want information on that topic.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing For Beginners., June 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual C++ 6 Database Programming Tutorial (Paperback)

This book does not help beginners. I have had several people try and follow through the examples. Much material is missing in the "how to". It is difficult to figure out where examples are being used in the book that will be used in future examples.

Not well organized. Can't follow the examples when I can find them.