Visual Developer Java Database Programming with JDBC, 2nd Edition: The Essentials for Developing Databases for Internet and Intranet Applications [Paperback]

Pratik Patel (Author), Karl Moss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 1997 | Series: Visual Developer

Teaches how to develop Java programs, from start to finish, for connecting to databases using the newest version of Java's database connectivity standard, JDBC. Shows how to write JDBC drivers, and how to select the right one. Includes a complete reference to the newest JDBC API specification. Features a section on creating ODBC Java programs, including a robust ODBC client template for developing applications. Shows how to write JDBC applets that let Web users query a database. Explains how to create a Java Beans-compliant class library.

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Java Database Programming with JDBC by Pratik Patel and Karl Moss is an updated edition of the authors' guide to the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) standard for database programming under Java. While the original edition was perhaps geared more to those developers who needed to write their own JDBC database drivers, a fairly arduous task, this new edition provides more background information on database connectivity issues in Java and so will be even more useful to the casual or intermediate programmer. After a general introduction to JDBC and Structured Query Language (SQL), useful even to beginning programmers, the authors start by building a simple database-aware applet. New chapters on "servlets," Java components that run on the server-side and manage database operations, as well as a general discussion of middleware technologies are particularly good. Database access for JavaBean components (from Sun Microsystems JDK 1.1) is also discussed, including working code for two database-aware beans. This book also includes a quick introduction to the Java language (which will only be helpful if you already know C/C++), a detailed reference for the JDBC API, and a working example of a text-based JDBC driver. Though this book is still oriented toward the JDBC driver developer, the authors now provide enough general discussion of JDBC architectural issues to make it worthwhile to any programmer who needs to ramp up on what JDBC is and what capabilities it offers.

About the Author

Karl Moss (Raleigh, NC) is a Software Engineer at SAS Institute. He has been significantly involved with the JDBC specification since its inception, and was the sole developer of the JDBC-ODBC Bridge. Karl has since written several other JDBC drivers and continues to help shape the future of JDBC.

Pratik Patel (Chapel Hill, NC) is a freelance technology writer and co-author of Java Programming for the Internet (Ventana). He is also a researcher in the Duke UNC-Chapel Hill Medical Informatics research program and is developing Web-based systems for health care.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group (July 22, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576101592
• ISBN-13: 978-1576101599
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,466,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't buy this book, April 19, 1999

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This review is from: Visual Developer Java Database Programming with JDBC, 2nd Edition: The Essentials for Developing Databases for Internet and Intranet Applications (Paperback)

You would think that a book about JDBC programming would show you how to program using JDBC. Well, in this case, you would be absolutely wrong. It (very poorly) talks about what JDBC is, what SQL is, what a JDBC driver is, but IT NEVER TALKS ABOUT JDBC PROGRAMMING!!!! IT NEVER TELLS YOU HOW TO USE ANY OF THE JDBC CLASSES TO ACTUALLY PROGRAM SOMETHING THAT USES JDBC. It's like driving your wife to the hospital to give birth, but forgetting your wife. And remember, everything it talks about is poorly written.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good at JDBC driver developing only, November 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Developer Java Database Programming with JDBC, 2nd Edition: The Essentials for Developing Databases for Internet and Intranet Applications (Paperback)

I just finish studying this book... and want to throw this book out of my window... I own "Inside ODBC" (MS Press). If it is 10, this book is 2..

I suggest author combine part 1, 2, and 5 into one part and condense the content.. Part 3 teach you how to write a JDBC driver, must be useful to driver developer, Part 4 walks through some samples, for general reader, this part is most helpful..

My conclusion is if you are a JDBC driver developer and want to know some about SQL and database programming. Buy this book. Otherwise, buy O'Relly's JDBC book. It is much better than this book!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, April 1, 2001

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This review is from: Visual Developer Java Database Programming with JDBC, 2nd Edition: The Essentials for Developing Databases for Internet and Intranet Applications (Paperback)

I found this book to be really good and it gives a great overview of Java programming with JDBC. This book really has a lot of condensed material, and quickly covers a lot of areas. I was able to use the first application right off the bat to connect to a PostgreSQL database and do some simple queries. There is a lot to RDBMS accessed through JDBC, so I would suggest that readers prepare to review web servers, TCP/IP ports and client web browser java security problems. Make sure to get a good reference book for SQL, it will be a good investment for the future. The reader should also have a good grasp of programming with java and be ready to sit in the driver's seat. This book gets my thumb of approval.