Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide (Paperback)

by Loy Anderson (Author)
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Product Description
Advantage Database Server: A Developer's GuideCary Jensen, Ph.D.Loy Anderson, Ph.D.This comprehensive developer's guide to Advantage Database Server shows you how to build high-performance, low maintenance databases using the Advantage Database Server. Learn how to access large amounts of data in a multiuser environment with unbelievable speed. Discover how Advantage gives you unparalleled reliability and data integrity with little or no database administration. Leverage advanced features such as triggers, stored procedures, full-text search, user defined functions, replication, online backup, and more. Technically reviewed by the Advantage R&D team, this valuable resource will help you build and deploy reliable, scalable, relational database applications. ¿ Explore the new features added to Advantage in versions 8.0 and 8.1.¿ Learn how to exploit Advantage's support for both set-based SQL and index-based navigation, a combination not supported by other high-performance, relational database servers.¿ Enjoy nearly maintenance-free administration using self-tuning features.¿ Get high-performance and advanced database features without the complexity.¿ Support Windows NT/2000/2003/Vista, Linux, and NetWare operating systems.¿ Use virtually any development environment including C# for .NET, C#Builder, Visual C++, C++Builder, Delphi, Delphi for .NET, Java, JBuilder, Kylix, PHP, Perl, Visual Objects, Visual Basic, and Visual Basic.NET, among others.¿ Download a two-user developer version of ADS and Advantage clients-plus tools, utilities, and code samples.

About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)Cary Jensen, Ph.D., is President of Jensen Data Systems, Inc., a Houston-based company that provides training, consulting, and support. He is the best-selling co-author of twenty books. He is one of the world's leading authorities on database development, and presents award-winning training seminars in North America and Europe. Loy Anderson, Ph.D., is Vice President of Jensen Data Systems, Inc., and best-selling, award-winning co-author of twenty books. She has served as coordinating editor on four books, and manages development seminars offered by her company.

Product Details

• Paperback: 616 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (February 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 142597726X
• ISBN-13: 978-1425977269
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,077,982 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very informative, August 1, 2007

By	Dale Constantin "DC the DC" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have software that uses the Advantage database and I needed ADS specific information to write a front end for customized data access. This book really delivered for me. The authors seem to have a real passion for ADS and, like most things in life, this results in a high-quality product.

There is concise but informative stuff about general database structure that quickly progresses on to ADS-specific structure and great ADO.NET information. I learned more about real life ADO.NET from this book than I did from trudging through Visual Studio's help.

It's one of those books that just left me feeling extremely good about my decision to buy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and Well Written , May 23, 2007

By	John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Advantage Database Server (ADS) is a relational database system now owned by Sybase. It's a rather interesting database in that it uses an ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method) structure rather than the now more traditional SQL structure. In my opinion it is a system suitable for applications that have outgrown Microsoft Access, but which do not need the full power (and complexity) of the big databases such as Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server.

This book is written by two ADS pros that have an almost missionary zeal in promoting ADS. Still they have done a pretty good job of describing the various ways of getting data into and out of ADS. This includes the ADS GUI, using QBuilder (like the MS Access QBE), and of course writing in SQL itself. The ADS SQL is more advanced than the Jet engine in Access incorporating things like logic that are not supported in Jet. Finally there is a section on using ADS with various languages such as PHP, Delphi, .NET and more.

All in all, this is a complete and well written book on ADS that gives a good introduction to ADS.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, April 10, 2007

By	C. Cole - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you're looking for a definitive resource for Advantage, look no further. This book covers everything in great detail- with some very detailed examples.