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Database Design and Programming for DB2/400
Published in Paperback by 29th Street Press (1996-09)
List price: $75.00
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Average review score: 
If you program the AS/400, you need this book!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1997-12-18
Review Date: 1997-12-18
Outstanding work!! Both my thumbs are up.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1997-09-06
Review Date: 1997-09-06
This is the best work on the subject available today. Paul obviously put his heart, soul and considerable talent into this book. It's hard to believe that a book so filled with useful information is available at the rather low price of $75.
----small errata----
There's an error on page 410, 2nd paragraph. The sentence which starts out "Although the SQL precompiler requires Declare Cursor statements to be coded in the procedureal part of a program..." is not true for Cobol. Cobol allows you to put Declare Cursor in the Working-Storage Section as well.
Encore! Encore!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-14
Review Date: 1998-11-14
It has become my daily Bible in my job as an AS/400 DBA. Even after reading the whole book last winter, I still seem to read a passage from it everytime I need inspiration on doing something new or different (or that I can't remember how it is done) with DB2/400.
I am looking to modernize our AS/400 database development with the latest modeling tools and functions without disrupting the traditional DDS-centric RPG development efforts of my programmer customers. I serve customers in dozens of countries with varying levels of SQL/400 knowledge, but being an ex-mainframe DBA, I appreciate the effort IBM has placed into DB2/400 (or "DB2 for AS/400") into giving it mainframe-DB2-like capabilities. I am hoping Paul Conte will come up with a new edition of this book for OS/400 V4.3 because I would love to see these issues addressed in the same manner that DB2/400 V3.6 is presented in this book. Maybe even a chapter devoted to interoperability issues between DDS and SQL/400 and why/how to make the migration would be splendid.
A must-have !
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-07
Review Date: 1999-02-07
I wish I had this book as soon as it was published. After programming on the S/38 and the AS/400 (in RPG) for over 14 years now (with some interruptions), I consider this one the best AS/400-related computing book I have purchased - ever! And compared to other computer books, well, if only that kind of quality would be available on other topics as well more frequently, either DBMS's or programming languages. The book saved one of my clients hours of work: with no previous SQL knowledge but having this book they were able to do some work with SQL that otherwise would have required them to write a program. Another client (and myself for my own system) took advantage of the chapters on Referential Integrity. If you're serious about accessing your data on your DB2/400 database, you owe it to yourself to buy this book !
Database Development and Management (Foundations of Database Design)
Published in Hardcover by AUERBACH (2006-01-13)
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An Excellent Foundation Re:(Building & Managing databases): The whole Ball of Wax
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-13
Review Date: 2006-03-13
The 3 customer reviews i saw for this book are quite accurate in this readers opinion. this book provides an excellent foundation for database design
however, i think giving just the in-topic highlights would have helped an interested reader like myself,in making a more informed decision; and as such, i thought i might include these here in a review :
Re:
(A.) Database Implementation & Design elements;
-----------------------------------------------
You will learn all about : how to ;
-Represent business processes with ERD's in a conceptual design & data model/design blueprint,
-Create, control & modify a database,
-Structure a table & normalize it,
-Transform a data model/design blueprint into a relational db,
-Lay-out a solid phyical design, and
how to implement your design/blueprint solution by:
-deciding on the db sytem architecture to use,
-creating,tables,constraints, views,
-controlling db object priveldges,
-transporting data via bulk copy, a study on the import/export wizard,
-querying databases using SQL , subqueries, joins
-SQL procedures ie: Triggers,User defined functions, creating & using stored procedures, flow-control structures ie: IF's , WHILE loops, CASE statements ,et cetera ;
-creating & managing indexes and index views
-Data access via ADO, ODBC,OLE DB
Re:
(B.) The Database Application Development aspect;
-------------------------------------------------
You will learn all about :
-creating database applications with Visual Studio.Net,
-Developing a Web based Applications interface to a database system ,viz:
-creating forms based on views/queries
-creating reports, embedding subforms and subreports,
-creating reports based on stored procedures
-creating network databases ie: client/server architecture,
-using XML, XML datafiles, XML schema, creating XML Web services with Visual Studio.Net
Re:
(C.) Database Administration elements ;
----------------------------------------
You will learn all about :
-Installation of SQL Server
-Server security, Managing Database User accounts,
-Security Authentication, Roles, Permissions,
-Backup and recovery
-Database Replication
-Database Optimization & tools used in performance tuning ie: transactions & locking
-Building a database maintenance plan.
Re:
(D.) Data Analysis Services elements;
-------------------------------------
You will learn all about :
-Building & Designing an OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) solution
-Building a Data warhouse ie: dimensional modelling, fact table, ETL(extract,transform,load),
-DTS-(data transformation services)
An example OLAP Case study : demonstrating visually a star-schema, snowflake-schema etc
Re:
(E.) -Data mining ;
-------------------
You will learn all about :
-developing data-mining models ,
-data-mining algorithms
-creating decison trees
-deploying data-mining results with DTS
An example data-mining Case study
et cetera, et cetera
i hope this helps
Must have Book for developing and managing database
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-04
Review Date: 2006-03-04
Excellent book, Easy to understand and covers most topics of database which includes database design with detail explanation about data modeling, table structure, normalization and transformation of data model to relational database, use of SQL in managing database objects and querying databases, views, indexes, cursors for database applications and much more.
Other topics includes data accessing techniques, use of database in network environment, database administration, data analysis using Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), data warehousing, and other analysis tools, and also discusses about data mining.
Since it provides detailed easy to follow instructions using step-by-step case based approach, it helps to understand database concepts clearly. I recommend you to buy this book.
Other topics includes data accessing techniques, use of database in network environment, database administration, data analysis using Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), data warehousing, and other analysis tools, and also discusses about data mining.
Since it provides detailed easy to follow instructions using step-by-step case based approach, it helps to understand database concepts clearly. I recommend you to buy this book.
A must-have book on your bookshelf
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-02
Review Date: 2006-03-02
If you consider database administrator or developer as your career, this book is for you. The book covers most topics in the database field from database design, programming, administration, to data mining. All topics are well organized to keep you in track, step-by-step to build a strong foundation for your database career.
With more than five years of working as a DBA and developer, this book is still helpful to me every day. Your every penny counts in this book.
Thank you Dr. Chao for such great work.
With more than five years of working as a DBA and developer, this book is still helpful to me every day. Your every penny counts in this book.
Thank you Dr. Chao for such great work.
Laying that 1st powerful Foundation
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-09
Review Date: 2006-03-09
They say, how high you get to build or you will go with anything depends on the foundation you are able to establish.
and that we all sit on the shoulders of giants
well, if you want to develop and manage database systems professionally (ie: conceive database design blueprints, develop, implement/produce or bring the blueprint into the physical, and deliver with articulate proficiency any relational database system -(for database applications at the enterprise level ie:client/server-based applications and web-based applications)
then, you are going to need a thorough mastery of the core underpinnings eventually, before you can commandingly build brilliantly the way you like ie:
You need to permit yourself a
1.) Thorough mastery of relational theory in order to have the flexibility & adaptability to consistently produce solid database design blueprints; this implies knowing how to make the right design decisions/design selections & the ability to see the whole picture ie:(how everything will fit together beforehand)+ the ability to then work-inwards & outwards in the detail levels, in order to forge the database you want.
2.) Thorough mastery of putting out a conceptual design to meet, answer/respond to your users business needs.
3.)concrete knowledge of the steps to take to verify the accuracy of your design proposal(logically), checking it for correctness & adequecy, regardless of the design methodology u adopt before you give the green light to implementation.
4.)knowledge of database implementation & how to manipulate the data to retrieve whatever u and the boss require or want out of it.
5.)knowledge of how to fit/hook-up your implementated database as part of a complete system solution and make it belong; eg: as a client/server-based applications & web-based application in the context of an enterprise ie: as an accessible enterprise application residing on a network-share.
6.) knowledge of how to keep historic data , classify these away, organise and set them apart for future purposes ; ie: for future reporting or querying . in short, expertise in building yourself an OLAP side to your design blueprint , a data warehouse et cetera, in order to set up/satisfy a clients data-mining & future decison-analyses ambitions/prospects for the database system.
These are the things you will need. This is the professional know-how which can help you become a highly-paid, consulted professional or a senior developer/designer.
This is the secret most newbee's stuck on the outside looking in on the inside, not knowing how to navigate the tide or where to begin from to get to the heart of the profession, seek.
This is clarity.
Thus, If you have any gaps in your database development know-how, which requires filling -(you'll know this in yourself), then i would recommend 2 primordial books for it:
(1.)"Database Development and Management (foundations of Database Design)" isbn 0849333180
&
(2.)"Database Design and Development a visual approach" isbn 0130351229
Now with regards each book :
Note: (due to review real estate constraints, i shall limit this review to Book 1, the current book in question.
you'll find my Book 2 review on Book 2's customer review page under :"Database Design and Development a visual approach" ISBN: 0130351229)
Book 1:"Database Development and Management (foundations of Database Design)" isbn 0849333180
is your cement/concrete foundation book.
the book does show favor for implementation in SQL SERVER & MS Visual Studio.Net, but the central database design foundation/tenets is sound for ORACLE,DB2,SQL SERVER,MS Access.
Basically, this one book answers questions like: what is a database, the component parts & pieces that make one up , how do the pieces all fit together, what does each one do, what do they each bring to the picture of a database blueprint solution
From the book you will learn all about :
(A.)Database Implementation & Design elements
(B.)The Database Application Development aspect ie: creating database applications with Visual Studio.Net, Developing a Web Application
(C.)Database Administration elements
(D.)Data Analysis Services (OLAP, data-ware housing)
(E.)Data mining
the long & short of it is that,
If database design, development and management appears to be one big convoluted puzzle, well, this book puts it all together for you and tells you how & where everthing fits.
this is the power of this book. and as such, it is brilliant!
This is a book you'll want to keep, its of great value and accessible to the very green beginner, intermediate or pro person.
these 2 books will bring you something most Developers and DBA spend half their careers trying to figure out ;which is, d complete skill-set of how to handle a database project from point A to Z all by yourself. For most people, theory only ever meets hands-on practise in the proverbial 2-3years work experience context , from on the job experience.
However,the db design foundation which this book delivers to one features the core staple a fledging database developer or DBA would go through a
-MCSD -(Micorsoft Certified Solutions Developer) or -MCDBA -(Microsoft Certified Database Administrator) I.T certification/ accreditation in order to obtain.
this applies in a lot of ways too to ORACLE
This staple constitutes the core skill-set,profile/credentials, employers in the real world generally seek to hire onto db management projects despite the hard won bachelors degree in computing.
cheers :-)
and that we all sit on the shoulders of giants
well, if you want to develop and manage database systems professionally (ie: conceive database design blueprints, develop, implement/produce or bring the blueprint into the physical, and deliver with articulate proficiency any relational database system -(for database applications at the enterprise level ie:client/server-based applications and web-based applications)
then, you are going to need a thorough mastery of the core underpinnings eventually, before you can commandingly build brilliantly the way you like ie:
You need to permit yourself a
1.) Thorough mastery of relational theory in order to have the flexibility & adaptability to consistently produce solid database design blueprints; this implies knowing how to make the right design decisions/design selections & the ability to see the whole picture ie:(how everything will fit together beforehand)+ the ability to then work-inwards & outwards in the detail levels, in order to forge the database you want.
2.) Thorough mastery of putting out a conceptual design to meet, answer/respond to your users business needs.
3.)concrete knowledge of the steps to take to verify the accuracy of your design proposal(logically), checking it for correctness & adequecy, regardless of the design methodology u adopt before you give the green light to implementation.
4.)knowledge of database implementation & how to manipulate the data to retrieve whatever u and the boss require or want out of it.
5.)knowledge of how to fit/hook-up your implementated database as part of a complete system solution and make it belong; eg: as a client/server-based applications & web-based application in the context of an enterprise ie: as an accessible enterprise application residing on a network-share.
6.) knowledge of how to keep historic data , classify these away, organise and set them apart for future purposes ; ie: for future reporting or querying . in short, expertise in building yourself an OLAP side to your design blueprint , a data warehouse et cetera, in order to set up/satisfy a clients data-mining & future decison-analyses ambitions/prospects for the database system.
These are the things you will need. This is the professional know-how which can help you become a highly-paid, consulted professional or a senior developer/designer.
This is the secret most newbee's stuck on the outside looking in on the inside, not knowing how to navigate the tide or where to begin from to get to the heart of the profession, seek.
This is clarity.
Thus, If you have any gaps in your database development know-how, which requires filling -(you'll know this in yourself), then i would recommend 2 primordial books for it:
(1.)"Database Development and Management (foundations of Database Design)" isbn 0849333180
&
(2.)"Database Design and Development a visual approach" isbn 0130351229
Now with regards each book :
Note: (due to review real estate constraints, i shall limit this review to Book 1, the current book in question.
you'll find my Book 2 review on Book 2's customer review page under :"Database Design and Development a visual approach" ISBN: 0130351229)
Book 1:"Database Development and Management (foundations of Database Design)" isbn 0849333180
is your cement/concrete foundation book.
the book does show favor for implementation in SQL SERVER & MS Visual Studio.Net, but the central database design foundation/tenets is sound for ORACLE,DB2,SQL SERVER,MS Access.
Basically, this one book answers questions like: what is a database, the component parts & pieces that make one up , how do the pieces all fit together, what does each one do, what do they each bring to the picture of a database blueprint solution
From the book you will learn all about :
(A.)Database Implementation & Design elements
(B.)The Database Application Development aspect ie: creating database applications with Visual Studio.Net, Developing a Web Application
(C.)Database Administration elements
(D.)Data Analysis Services (OLAP, data-ware housing)
(E.)Data mining
the long & short of it is that,
If database design, development and management appears to be one big convoluted puzzle, well, this book puts it all together for you and tells you how & where everthing fits.
this is the power of this book. and as such, it is brilliant!
This is a book you'll want to keep, its of great value and accessible to the very green beginner, intermediate or pro person.
these 2 books will bring you something most Developers and DBA spend half their careers trying to figure out ;which is, d complete skill-set of how to handle a database project from point A to Z all by yourself. For most people, theory only ever meets hands-on practise in the proverbial 2-3years work experience context , from on the job experience.
However,the db design foundation which this book delivers to one features the core staple a fledging database developer or DBA would go through a
-MCSD -(Micorsoft Certified Solutions Developer) or -MCDBA -(Microsoft Certified Database Administrator) I.T certification/ accreditation in order to obtain.
this applies in a lot of ways too to ORACLE
This staple constitutes the core skill-set,profile/credentials, employers in the real world generally seek to hire onto db management projects despite the hard won bachelors degree in computing.
cheers :-)
Database Solutions: A step-by-step guide to building databases (Database Solutions)
Published in Paperback by Addison-Wesley Professional (1999-12-23)
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Great teaching resource
Helpful Votes: 19 out of 20 total.
Review Date: 2000-11-04
Review Date: 2000-11-04
This book strikes just the right balance between theoretic rigour and practical examples/advice. The book defines an explicit, multi-step methodology, covering everything from requirements analysis, to logical modeling, to physical implementation, then shows how the methodology can be used in two involved, yet accessible, practice cases. The authors also sensibly show how this is implemented in common DBMSs (Access and Oracle).
If that wasn't worthwhile enough, the book contains two superb appendixes: one shows alternative modelling notations, the other provides diagrams and tables for 15 common data models. These in particular are an excellent idea -- I'm surprised more database design books don't provide them.
At any rate, this is the one database design book that I tend to recommend to my students. For students who are finding the formal computer science database design textbook too abstract, this book is a good counterweight; for students who need a single overview of database design, this book too is a great choice.
Everything to begin
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-06
Review Date: 2006-01-06
I first became interested in databases while trying to make something helpful for a university library reserve department where I worked. Experimentation and consultation with the people at utteraccess.com led me to a good conception of what I would need to accomplish. Unfortnately, it was more than I could do in my spare time before graduation.
This book covers everything I learned and ties in with what I learned from my Abstract Data Structures course. Anyone who finds themselves working on a database without any prior experience should read this book; it's an exellent introduction to the concepts and methods of database design.
One thing I wondered at was the authors' failure to even mention the argument against using real data as primary keys. On utteraccess they make a good case for why primary keys should be only identification numbers for the database and not object attributes. Even if Connolly and Begg have a different view, I think they should have discussed the controversy and the reasons for their preference.
In all other respects I found this a thorough, helpful book that will not overwhelm the beginner with technicalities, but will establish a solid foundation for database work.
This book covers everything I learned and ties in with what I learned from my Abstract Data Structures course. Anyone who finds themselves working on a database without any prior experience should read this book; it's an exellent introduction to the concepts and methods of database design.
One thing I wondered at was the authors' failure to even mention the argument against using real data as primary keys. On utteraccess they make a good case for why primary keys should be only identification numbers for the database and not object attributes. Even if Connolly and Begg have a different view, I think they should have discussed the controversy and the reasons for their preference.
In all other respects I found this a thorough, helpful book that will not overwhelm the beginner with technicalities, but will establish a solid foundation for database work.
Really explains it well
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-10-25
Review Date: 2003-10-25
I liked this book from the start because it explains how to start up a database from scratch to finalization and with great detail. 426 pages of good information for the amateur or pro. Comes with a CD full of examples and sql scripts to use and two full length, coded example databases.
Excellent Book!!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2002-04-19
Review Date: 2002-04-19
The authors have probably done a favour to the database designer community with this book. Wonder why nobody thought about a book of this kind before. There are numerous books on generic DBMS but very few on Database Design. The book is equally useful for managers and developers. The examples are superb and have been thoughtfully presented and analysed.
Also the fact that the authors decided to use UML as the data modeling notation instead of traditional notations makes this book more "in tune with times" and "practically applicable" in a software development environment.
Dave Sperling's Internet Guide
Published in Paperback by Pearson Education (1998-03-09)
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Average review score:
Best thing since sliced bread!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-09-28
Review Date: 2002-09-28
A masterpiece! It helped me find the sites to learn the English to keep up with world events!
Best thing since sliced bread!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-09-28
Review Date: 2002-09-28
A masterpiece! It helped me find the sites to learn the English to keep up with world events!
A must for any English teacher!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 1997-08-12
Review Date: 1997-08-12
Dave Sperling's The Internet Guide for English Language Teachers (Prentice Hall Regents) is a veritable gem, and
like any gem what it lacks in its less than formidable size (150 pages) it makes up for in its reference value. Indeed, you
might consider the book an essential Internet guide for English language teachers taking their first plunge into cyberspace.
Experienced users will also find much in the book to recommend it.
Dave a Net veteran, well-known for his excellent ESL Café, has whipped up a feast that covers the entire range of
Internet services from using e-mail and communicating on the Net through to making your first Web page. Even getting
ESL jobs. His many pages of favourite sites comprises a compelling treasure map that blazes a trail for the ESL
practitioner eager to use the Internet to achieve best practice and successful outcomes for students. The book lists
numerous sites to visit for research purposes, classroom material, interactive learning activities, games, student projects
and much more. He even visits Australia to provide some local flavour.
It's a very user-friendly book that touches on everything from emoticons to MOOS. Sperling cuts through the
technobabble and dishes out, in very digestible servings, what many readers have always wanted to know but were too
afraid to ask. Such readers are pointed to helpful sites on the Net that continue this process of demystification. At the end
of the book is a useful glossary for all beginners.
The Australian price for The Internet Guide for English Language Teachers is
$24.95. I recommend that ESL centres and teachers considering venturing onto
the Net, and those who want to reach in deeper, dig into their budgets and buy
a copy. Get it while it's hot and steamy with the latest information.
Complete Guide
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 1998-07-01
Review Date: 1998-07-01
This is a complete guide for ESL and ELT teachers from all around the world. You need a little knowledge on using and surfing the web, but if you don't have that knowledge, this book gives you the possibility of a quick tutorial on how to browse the net. It was really useful for me as a Teacher of English and Language Consulant in another counrty than the U.S. (Chile)
The Day the Phones Stopped Ringing
Published in Hardcover by Dutton Adult (1991-07-01)
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The fascinating real life problems caused by computer foulup
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1998-07-28
Review Date: 1998-07-28
This book is filled with true stories of the deadly and costly consequences of computer systems gone haywire. It is not technical and does not contain alot of techo-babble. Instead it deals with subjects such as surgical procedures gone wrong, airplane crashes, military mistakes, cases of mistaken identity and more...all caused by the misuse of computers or the misguded ideas of humans who use them. The author is a TV news reporter who presents this like an investigative reporter. However, he offers solutions and expert opinions on how to prevent each of these diasters from happening again. The question is: Is anybody listening ?
Good book for the lay public and casual technical readers
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-03-17
Review Date: 2000-03-17
I like reading real-life experiences used to illustrate a technical point rather than a dry dissertation. Like 1 of the other reviewers - I feel that this title should be reprinted but it should be updated and revised in light of changes in the software/hardware/systems world since the time it was published. AND it needs to have both an index and pointers to sources (i.e. footnotes, bibliography, etc.) The lack of the latter 2 items diminished the usefulness of the book for me as I could not follow up/get more in-depth information and I could not easily find a particular fact or passage I wanted to find in the book.
Out of print but still relevant
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-10-24
Review Date: 1999-10-24
I wrote this for the other entry at Amazon.com with the same title, same author, different subtitle. This book should be reprinted. With the upcoming Y2K bug as well as other incidents of software creating problems for people's lives, this book is necessary reading. It contains actual real life information about the extent of the problem and how a society that relies on computers as much as ours does is vunerable.
Out of print but still relevant
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-10-23
Review Date: 1999-10-23
This book should be reprinted. With the upcoming Y2K bug as well as other incidents of software creating problems for people's lives, this book is necessary reading. It contains actual real life information about the extent of the problem and how a society that relies on computers as much as ours does is vunerable.
Delphi Programming Problem Solver
Published in Paperback by Wiley Publishing (1996-04-19)
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A gem: full of useful and practical techniques
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1998-04-15
Review Date: 1998-04-15
Neil Rubenking's (the author of the immensely popular Delphi Programming For Dummies) book is a treasure trove of helpful techniques that will benefit every Delphi programmer. For example, he has the best "force a single instance of a running program" code example I've seen. The only complaint I have is that the index isn't as good as it could be. Not for beginning Delphi programmers, but even those with moderate Delphi experience will benefit from the eclectic mix of topics covered in this book.
Each Delphi programmer here now has his own copy.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1996-09-28
Review Date: 1996-09-28
A full range of techniques and tricks about Delphi and
Windows integration. Each technique is presented using
a very well focused program, i.e. the minimal piece of
clean and elegant Delphi code demonstrating the solution.
Even better, the problems and solutions (about 200 of them)
presented in this book are really useful! On the first day
we got the book, we found ready made solutions to problems
we had discovered but hadn't solved before (or hadn't found
time to investigate before).
This is one of the rare books we don't share: each Delphi
programmer here now has his own copy.
it sounds that it include so many tricks.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1996-09-15
Review Date: 1996-09-15
It lack of the real world database application.
The most cases I encounter is to manipulate the datas
that a company makes.I need to analysis it for the manager
to view.
Maybe you can add it to the book in your next edition.
best regards
Alfred Yang from Taiwan
A must-have for every Delphi programmer
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1996-08-09
Review Date: 1996-08-09
Not for the beginner, this book really delivers on the promise of its title. An hour after opening it, I was doing things I'd wanted to do for a long time.Rubenking starts by showing you how to take control of a form's basic appearance -- yes, you can remove the caption and keep the border! He goes onto help you make Delphi's various components behave the way you'd like, and includes information on accessing helpful Windows API functions. Some ofthe other topics are date math, DLLs, the application object, data-aware controls -- and lots more. Sophisticated topics are explained in comprehensiblelanguage. Both the 16- and 32-bit versions are covered. This book can help you reach the next level of Delphi programming in a short time
Delphi Programming Unleashed/Book and Disk
Published in Paperback by Sams (1995-06)
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The easy way to master Delphi.
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Review Date: 1996-08-09
Review Date: 1996-08-09
How many times did you read a book, follow the examples and run it in the computer, and at end of it you can't write a program by yourself?
Delphi Unleashed is different! Just in the initial chapters you'll be learning the best way: experimenting.
While some books are introductory, others are for the experts, to be used as reference material. There are books that try conciliate both things, but few succeed. This one does it.
Charles Calvert, with your soft writing style and some sense of humour, leads you to explore the language from the beginnings to the most advanced topics, in a soft and pleasant way. He emphasises the most important points, even repeating some fundamental concepts, and pointing the trickiest subjects. Everything is minutely explained. It is impossible to not understand.
The examples are well formulated and are all reproduced on the accompanying CD, which carries too a bunch of tools and libraries.
The coverage of the book is fantastic. From the structure of a Delphi program, to variables and looping. From the use of functions, to strings and pointers. The object programming and client server techniques are explored in depth, as well as OLE, SQL and multimedia subjects.
The didactic is impeccable. An excellent book !
The easy way to master Delphi.
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Review Date: 1996-08-09
Review Date: 1996-08-09
How many times did you read a book, follow the examples and run it in the computer, and at end of it you can't write a program by yourself?
Delphi Unleashed is different! Just in the initial chapters you'll be learning the best way: experimenting.
While some books are introductory, others are for the experts, to be used as reference material. There are books that try conciliate both things, but few succeed. This one does it.
Charles Calvert, with your soft writing style and some sense of humour, leads you to explore the language from the beginnings to the most advanced topics, in a soft and pleasant way. He emphasises the most important points, even repeating some fundamental concepts, and pointing the trickiest subjects. Everything is minutely explained. It is impossible to not understand.
The examples are well formulated and are all reproduced on the accompanying CD, which carries too a bunch of tools and libraries.
The coverage of the book is fantastic. From the structure of a Delphi program, to variables and looping. From the use of functions, to strings and pointers. The object programming and client server techniques are explored in depth, as well as OLE, SQL and multimedia subjects.
The didactic is impeccable. An excellent book !
The easy way to master Delphi.
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Review Date: 1996-08-09
Review Date: 1996-08-09
How many times did you read a book, follow the examples and run it in the computer, and at end of it you can't write a program by yourself?
Delphi Unleashed is different! Just in the initial chapters you'll be learning the best way: experimenting.
While some books are introductory, others are for the experts, to be used as reference material. There are books that try conciliate both things, but few succeed. This one does it.
Charles Calvert, with your soft writing style and some sense of humour, leads you to explore the language from the beginnings to the most advanced topics, in a soft and pleasant way. He emphasises the most important points, even repeating some fundamental concepts, and pointing the trickiest subjects. Everything is minutely explained. It is impossible to not understand.
The examples are well formulated and are all reproduced on the accompanying CD, which carries too a bunch of tools and libraries.
The coverage of the book is fantastic. From the structure of a Delphi program, to variables and looping. From the use of functions, to strings and pointers. The object programming and client server techniques are explored in depth, as well as OLE, SQL and multimedia subjects.
The didactic is impeccable. An excellent book !
A Book to Really Learn Delphi!
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Review Date: 1997-09-01
Review Date: 1997-09-01
It's a very good book to read and go through the various examples, covering since the simplest of a Delphi Project to the most interesting and powerful about Creating Components. It's a Must Have Book! Congratulations Charles
Designing and Using ActiveX® Controls
Published in Paperback by M & T Books (1996-12-30)
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Talk about Hitting the Nail on The Head...
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Review Date: 1998-10-02
Review Date: 1998-10-02
This book is a must have for all newbies to ActiveX Control Development. Tom Armstrong shows you how to develop a robust ActiveX Control using the most efficient routes.. He leads you past all of the troublespots and guides you with the best methods. I developed my first ActiveX Control within 4 days after walking through all of the great samples he had in his book.. If asked, I would recommend this book to anyone. It's a must have.
The best ActiveX book that I have ever read!!
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Review Date: 1998-08-26
Review Date: 1998-08-26
ActiveX is by no means an easy topic to understand. However, if you are determined to wade into ActiveX anyway this is about the best introduction to the subject that you will find. The author takes you through the material with clear and concise instruction and touches upon COM, Automation, ActiveX and ATL. If you are an advanced COM programmer info dont bother with this book, but if you are looking for a introduction to ActiveX that you might actually understand, this book is absolutely the best I've ever seen.
Must Have Book!!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-29
Review Date: 1999-03-29
Tom Armstrong's development of a simple class that grows up to be an automation control is very straight forward. The clear logical progression is well supported by the accompanying source code that I compiled and worked with as I traversed through the book. I was able to apply the techniques directly in creating my own activeX control for use with our product. There are a few improvements that should be incorporated into the next edition: 1. A proof- reader needs to be hired...too many typeos...Figure 6.5 on p.256 is not even readable. 2. A small "snippet" of detailed usage intructions for certain utilities like the ActiveX Control Pad presented in Chap12. Otherwise a keeper!!!
ActiveX and MFC? Buy this book...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1998-10-03
Review Date: 1998-10-03
For a great resource of how to develop activex controls with MFC...this is the book.
MFC makes getting started in ActiveX controls easy... but these's a world of details that can have you pulling your hair out...don't go that route...get this book. I bought this after a year of developing many MFC controls - and I still found this book usefull.
Check out the author's ATL book also!
Desktop Publishing by Design: Everyone's Guide to Pagemaker 6
Published in Paperback by Microsoft Pr (1996-05)
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The best on the market!!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2001-11-09
Review Date: 2001-11-09
I have both copies of this book (for Pagemaker 5 and for 6). It is the best book on the market by far for beginners in desktop publishing. I would like to use this book as a textbook in an adult ed program. The students in this class are novices in computer experience but need something basic for their small businesses or church offices or small private schools. I sincerely hope this book keeps pace with new upgrades of Adobe Pagemaker, the easiest and most versatile layout program on the market for the small business, inexperienced computer user.
An excellent resource for both PageMaker and design
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1998-10-22
Review Date: 1998-10-22
The best part about this book is the extensive introductory section packed with design ideas for different kinds of work. I teach PageMaker classes, and this is always my top recommendation!
Want to be a master? That's the only introduction you need!
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Review Date: 1998-07-09
Review Date: 1998-07-09
This is kind of book that leads you from "inconcious unawareness" to "concious mastery" not only on PageMaker, but also on design at the whole. Everybody knows that one cannot learn design by book; after reading "Desktop Publishing by Design" which is fulfilled with so many tips and techniques, advices and examples, one won't be so certain about the beginning of this sentence.
Informative, detailed, and well-written
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-29
Review Date: 1998-01-29
I'm a novice designer who recently took on the responsibility for my company's quarterly magazine. This book gave me a thorough introduction to layout, typography, and electronic prepress, with lots of intelligent examples. I also picked up dozens of time-saving Pagemaker 6.0 shortcuts I might never have gotten around to learning if I'd just played with the program and skimmed the manual.
I was able to make immediate improvements to both the design and the production process of the magazine issue I was working on. I plan to read the book again--it's huge, by the way, and packed with peanuts--in a few months to get all the stuff I was unable to absorb the first time. Totally worthwhile.
Digital Design with CPLD Applications and VHDL
Published in Hardcover by Thomson Delmar Learning (2000-06-28)
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Good Introduction to digital design
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Review Date: 2003-01-13
Review Date: 2003-01-13
We used this book for an intro course on computer engineering.
The book, despite being the 1st edition, is very clear and concise, and I turned to it a number of times when the lectures weren't as clear and specific as they might be. Duecks book delves into a bit more detail with more examples {on things like flipflops, latches etc} than other similar books on the market. It also relates the material learned to actual computers looking at the structure of RAM in home PC's.
We didn't use the VHDL or CPLD portions of the book, so I cannot comment on their usefulness... but judging by the rest of the book they should be well written.
I recommend this book for a good introduction to digital electronics.
Great CPLD book with practical examples
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-22
Review Date: 2006-01-22
The teaching of digital electronics using CPLD is very useful, the book covers theory, truth table, gate level implementation. The examples show you how to create a module, for instance,a multiplexer.It doesnt only end here, it further demonstrate the application of the multiplexer. From there, you can have better understanding from gate level up to system level. I benefit a lot from this approach. The examples are very useful despite I am not writing in VHDL.
The book also explain the internal architecture of CPLD, starting from the history development of programmable logic devices. If you want to learn on CPLD, this is definitely the book for you, even if you are not using VHDL.
The book also explain the internal architecture of CPLD, starting from the history development of programmable logic devices. If you want to learn on CPLD, this is definitely the book for you, even if you are not using VHDL.
Good for beginners
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-02
Review Date: 2005-09-02
This is a good book for beginners to digital logic and VHDL. It spends a lot of time explaining how different components like encoders, decoders, muxes, state machines, etc work. That's good for people who haven't been exposed to the material before. If you want to learn that stuff and apply it in VHDL, it's a great book. If you're just trying to learn one or another aspect, there are probably better books out there. If you want to learn VHDL from the book and already know a fair amount about digital logic, it's tough because you keep on skipping stuff you already know and and then later find out that there was VHDL information buried in that section on seven-segment displays. Similarly, people just trying to learn digital logic who are uninterested in VHDL will probably find that they spend a lot of time skipping past explanation of VHDL. Add in the fact that lots of space is taken up by screenshots of Altera software, and the book ends up containing surprisingly little information for its size. People who want a thorough discussion of digital logic or VHDL should look elsewhere. Beginners will probably be right at home.
This book rules!!!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-06
Review Date: 2000-10-06
This is one of the best presentations of digital electronics in the CPLD Altera MAX Plus II design enviroment and VHDL I have ever seen. I do not know of another digital book like it.
It also includes Altera's MAX Plus II software on CD in back of the book along with design files for use with the book prepared by the author.
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