Databases Books

I was surfing through amazon.com on a rainy day, looking for some light reading, when I stumbled across this massive book. 2.2 pounds no less!

The title drew me in. I was a big fan of Intelligent Information Processing II, by the same author, and so looked forward to the next in the series. I was not disappointed.

Mr. Shi has a breezy style that others might tend to dismiss as not up to the serious task of fully conveying the somber tone of the International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing. But I think he strikes just the right tone. I can't wait for Intelligent Information Processing IV.

You have to read chapter 9 its simply world class! It would be enough to make William Shakespeare smile.

Solid, current book on architecture, data marts, OLAP, metadata and DBMS choices, with strong emphasis on Web and intranet development and emerging standards. Could have included more vendor material for ETL & OLAP tools. Good textbook and reference in a fast-changing field.

I had a previous edition but misplaced it. It is the best book that I've read (especially for a beginner) that explains the internet for genealogy buffs in easy to understand language. I miss my copy so much that I intend to buy another. If or when I find the one I already have, I'll donate it to a library so that someone else can benefit from this very good desk reference. It is even the right size so it can be kept handily near the computer.

I am a technical book author and I rarely buy other people's books, unless it is for some business purpose. I bought Allen's book after evaluating it in a book store. While it is true that writing ANY book is hard work, it's clear to me Alan worked very hard because he did a great job. When I bought it, I had just finished writing a study guide for the IIS 3.0 exam. Therefore, I all ready knew a lot about IIS 3.0; I was just so impressed with work, I had to buy it. Thanks! - Kurt Hudson, MCSE, MCT, President, HudLogic, Inc. BTW: Allen and I have never met, nor worked together on any project. My words are based solely on the job he did on his book. Aug 19, 1998

The second edition of this important title on locating information, people and software on the net provides a host of tools for accessing and locating online communities, from building web tools for using the Internet for research to locating virtual libraries of information. An excellent handbook reflects the latest in Internet strategies.

Even three years later, this title still is useful for those who wish to understand the basics of Microsoft Exchange. Exchange is now at version 5.5 and going strong.

In less than 242 pages, skipping the appendix and other supporting pages, Degoulet covers the field while limiting references to specific technologies that quickly become obsolete, giving readers the gist of Informatics with far fewer words than any similar book in the field. Short text does not mean lacking content, as the judicious use of diagrams describe what may require many words [as this review's run-on-sentences demonstrate, terseness can aid quick comprehension]. Whether the English translation superseded the original French text, I know not. I reviewed this text when first released in 1996 and two years later, Clinical Informatics remains the core text in the four classes I teach in "computers in medicine".

Marvin E. Gozum, MD Director of Clinical Informatics Thomas Jefferson University

If you have cut your teeth on Donald Knuth's classic three volumes, "The Art of Computer Programming", and you want more detail, at a similar level of complexity, then consider Storer's book.

It delves into lists, recursion, trees, graphs, heaps and sets. Like Knuth, Storer thoughtfully supplies an extensive list of questions at the end of each chapter that will greatly deepen your appreciation of the field if you tackle them. Ok, he doesn't give answers, but think of that as greater incentive on your part to solve them. There are almost 400 questions in the book.

The teaching style is similar to Knuth, in that it has all the rigour needed by an algorithm designer like yourself, without drowning you in epsilon-delta ultra rigour like a pure maths text.

Note that the only code fragments are in pseudocode. This should not be a problem for you. I am assuming you are experienced enough that what you need is understanding of an algorithm, and that manually converting it to code is straightforward and a purely secondary issue.

The take home message is that this is excellent for anyone doing serious programming.

This book is a dream come true for people who want to improve their c++ skills and at the same time, learn data structures.