The Complete Guide to Java Database Programming with FDBC

By Matthew D. Siple, McGraw-Hill Education, McGraw Hill

This is a comprehensive guide to using Java for accessing and using databases on Intranets and the Internet. The book covers several ways of doing this: using a new specification called JDBC (Java... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0079132863
• ISBN13: 9780079132864
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Very Helpful Book

This book is very helpful for a starter like me. It explains all the fundamentals clearly.

Great way to learn Java database programming

Although this book is quite dated now (written under JDK 1.1), it is still a great resource for learning JDBC programming. Yes, the book is riddled with errors in the code, but I have yet to find any programming book that isn't. This book covers every major topic involved in JDBC programming, and has lots of sample code. I was very pleased with this book, and within a weekend was able to start writing Java applications to access ODBC and MySQL databases.

Great Intro to Java Database Programming

I felt the need to add a few comments about this book directed to those who may be looking for a primer on Java database programming. Having read several JDBC books, I feel that this is the best written of the bunch! Though there may be some typos in the code examples, nobody that I've read explains JDBC concepts as well or as simply as this author does. Because of the book's age, you may want to read another reference for the new method syntax along with this one. But don't shortchange youself, read this book if you're trying to gain an understanding of Java database programming. If you're only looking for code examples, you can find those on the web.

editor failed to do their job

Although the book does have good information, I can't help but think that the author didn't intend on having his hard work put to print with all the errors! Clearly the publisher and the editor are at fault here; the writer is responsible for the content, but has little control over his changes being applied to the final script.If you can get passed the type-o's and code errors, Siple does offer good time saving advice in a simple manner that even novice JAVA programmers like me can understand.

Great book, but needs proofreading

Although I am only 5 chapters into the book, it does have a lot of good information and it is well-explained. The book has a good progression from basic to advanced topics and doesn't waste a lot of words as many computer books do. My only complaint is that it is obvious they didn't run a spell checker on the text. There are many misspellings and many grammatical errors. The author also has a few typos in some of the source code. For example, there is no function getColumnSize() in the ResultSetMetaData interface, it's getColumnDisplaySize(). In spite of this, the book is still good. Although I would rather have paid less and gotten no CD because there isn't much worthwhile on the CD unless you're too lazy to type the source code (better yet, why doesn't the publisher just post the source on their web page like Osborne does?)