Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design and Implementation (8th Edition) by David Kroenke ISBN: 0-13-064839-6 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (14 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Miserable Book
Comment: I have to agree with the negative reviews so far. This book is a nightmare! I'm currently using this book for class.
The author contradicts himself not only from chapter to chapter but within individual paragraphs.
He spends entirely too much time on simple ideas and breezes through complex ones.
I find myself reading through paragraphs thinking, "Oh, he's still talking about that? Why is he still taking about that?"
Then the next paragraph, "What the hell is he talking about!?"
His sentences are wordy and complicated. He has forgotten the basic structure of the English sentence. That being: Stick to one subject per each, please. Throughout these verbose outbursts, he combines terms that are so similar they cause confusion. As an example:
"The physical description of a semantic object domain is just a reference to the semantic object description."
This gem of a sentence is halfway through Chapter Four. However, since this book is so poorly thought out and written, I still don't know what any of those terms mean or refer to.
If I knew what he was talking about, I would rewrite that sentence. However, I don't. So I've given up reading and am now writing a scathing review. What does that tell you?
Thankfully, there are many figures scattered throughout the book to attempt to clarify what the author can't seem to. Unfortunately, none of the figures being refered to are ever on the same page. The student must read the sentence, flip the page, try to remember what the author was rambling about, flip back, ... you get the point.
All in all, this is the most miserable textbook I have ever read. And perhaps one of the most overpriced. At "this cost", not only do expect this book to basically read itself, I would expect it to teach me through osmosis while I sleep.
Rating: 4
Summary: Serves its purpose
Comment: In response to some negative reviews, I think some are missing the point of why this book was written. This book's goal is not to teach you how to totally design and program a database from scratch. Its purpose is to familiarize readers with the various methods of designing and interacting with databases. The coverage of SQL is well done. Yes, there is more to it than what the book covers, but most of those details vary from DBMS to DBMS. Also, the ER diagram is covered well, although I would have appreciated a few more problems and examples that give the student practice in constructing a diagram from scratch. The much-maligned SOM was for me a good alternative perspective. Maybe it isn't used as much in industry, so what? It still helps the introductory student grasp the underlying concepts and think outside of the box. The later chapters are not extensive in their coverage of xml, asp, and the like but they don't have to be. Remember, this is NOT a book about any specific language. Professors have the freedom to delve into areas that they think are more important in more detail. It is a fine companion to professor lectures.
Rating: 1
Summary: Avoid -do NOT use book as reference do NOT use in a class!
Comment: A huge re-write is needed, the author overpowers the basics of modeling and industry used methodology with his semantic object ramblings. The author contradicts himself in several chapters, which are bloated with useless words and ridden with mistakes.
I was forced to use this as a class textbook, however I would not consider the book worthy of keeping for reference. Urge your professors to use another text - the author is simply fixated on semantic objects - to the detriment of the victims who have purchased this book.
If your professor insists you use this text, change classes. If you are considering this book for reference material - it's a waste, unless you are a fan of the little used, (if at all) semantic object modeling.
Summary - too little focus on basic entity relationships, diagramming, and normalization - very heavy on author's fixation of semantic objects.
It's disgusting that Kroenke recently released another book on the basics of databases - and did NOT damage the customers with the semantic object fixation that makes this book an absolute mess.
 |
Title: Systems Analysis and Design by Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Harry J. Rosenblatt ISBN: 0789566494 Publisher: International Thomson Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
 |
Title: Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation, Ninth Edition by David Kroenke ISBN: 0131015141 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
 |
Title: Information Technology Project Management, Second Edition by Kathy Schwalbe ISBN: 0619035285 Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 16 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $60.95 |
 |
Title: Systems Analysis and Design Methods 5e by Jeffrey L. Whitten, Lonnie D. Bentley, Kevin C. Dittman ISBN: 0072315393 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education Pub. Date: 03 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $127.10 |
 |
Title: Understanding Financial Statements by Lyn M. Fraser, Aileen Ormiston ISBN: 0130277827 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
