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Title: Professional Oracle 8i Application Programming with Java, PL/SQL and XML by Michael Awai, Matthew Bortniker, John Carnell, Kelly Cox, Daniel O'Connor, Mario Zucca, Sean Dillon, Thomas Kyte, Ann Horton, Frank Hubeny ISBN: 1-86100-484-2 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 14 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Overall a fine book, even with obvious weaknesses
Comment: Like any other recent Wrox titles, this one contains jewels and pretenders. On the bright side, quite a few of the Java and XML chapters are strong, and I particularly liked the ones on EJB, PL/SQL-Java inter-operation, and SOAP. There is also a chapter at the end on setting up the environment to run the book samples. On the not so bright side, the PL/SQL chapters are disappointing, because they cover either fundamental stuff that anyone who calls themselves an Oracle developer should know, or irrelevant technologies like OAS PL/SQL cartridge and PSP (huh?). The chapters on JDBC and connection pooling wasted 60% of the pages by talking about the basic JDBC API and showing the details of a connection pool manager class, rather than talking more about Oracle's extensions to the JDBC 2.0 standard and optional packages API. Finally, there is one glaring omission - MTS (I am talking about the Microsoft stuff here), although it does contain an informative chapter on ASP/Oracle. One more thing: this book covers Oracle8i Release 2, not the latest 3.
With everything considered, you may still want to own this title, as it is the only book under the sun that covers all (well, almost) current distributed programming technologies that interface with Oracle (both J2EE and Windows DNA). It also covers promising Oracle proprietary technologies such as interMedia, BC4J, and Portal (aka WebDB).
Rating: 5
Summary: A Unique Book
Comment: This book is one of the more comprehensive I have read about Oracle programming. It has very good examples and you will find tips and information you won't find in any other books/web sites/forums etc. This book has been written by genuine Oracle developers and you will get a depth of real-world knowledge and application. I recommend highly it for the serious Oracle, Java and XML developer.
Rating: 1
Summary: Confused ramble though Oracle
Comment: The best thing that can be said about this book is it's a confused ramble though Oracle. The book tries to cover Java, PL/SQL and XML, and fails to cover any depth in any of these subjects.
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Title: Expert One-on-One Oracle by Thomas Kyte ISBN: 1590592433 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 01 January, 1970 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Building Oracle XML Applications by Steve Muench ISBN: 1565926919 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Oracle 9i Java Programming: Solutions for Developers Using PL/SQL and Java by Bjarki Holm, John Carnell, Tomas Stubbs, Poornachandra Sarang, Kevin Mukhar, Sant Singh, Jaeda Goodman, Ben Marcotte, Mauricio Naranjo, Anand Raj ISBN: 1861006020 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Effective Oracle by Design (Osborne ORACLE Press Series) by Thomas Kyte ISBN: 0072230657 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 21 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition by Steven Feuerstein ISBN: 0596003811 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 23 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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