Databases Books

I had some C programming knowledge but I needed to enhance my skill set to include the use of data structures. This book did the job. It shows how to construct basic data structures and use some basic sorting and searching algorithms on those data strtuctures. I highly recommend this book to people who have some C programming skills but who don't have a degree in Computer Science. So if you are novice C programmer and want to write more sophisticated programs(mulitple files, use of data structures, pointers, and such) get this book. Unlike univeristy-level algorithms and data structures books,this book leaves out the math and I thank the authors for that! By the way, the C++ portion of the book is so insignificant it should not have been listed in the title. This is a 'C' language text.

This book gives a good knowledge about drug development, Clinical data management. I suggest this book for budding pharmacists who want to be a clinical pharmacist. I have gone a lot of books and find this is best for Clinical Data Management.

Received product answers most, if not all beginners questions the first time & if you don't understand the way it works you can repeat the lesson as many times as you want due to the book on the enclosed disk. Excellent product!!!

a full design of the title using xilinx and minilog

This book is a rare commodity in the area of Real-Time systems. While there are several books on programming in general and object oriented methods in specific for real-time and embedded developers, few approach the subject from timing prodictability point of view.

In several ways, this book has first appeared way ahead of its time. When the processing capacity itself was not available, several embedded developers were more concerned about optimizing their applications for that elusive 'speed' than being worried about building fully predictable systems using proven design methodologies geared towards guaranteeing timing predictability, which inheretly introduce certain inefficiencies in common perception. Therefore, these techniques were deemed to be applicable to only those exotic world of 'hard-real time' systems such as defense, nuclear and not to mere mortals.

With modern processors becoming more and more powerful and devices being targeted to mass markets (e.g! ., set-top boxes, personal communication devices, home automation etc) the market is ready to demand (and of course, get) timing predictability out of embedded devices. Developers therefore need standard books like this and standard software tools (e.g., TimeWiz) to meet this shifting paradigm.

The methods described in this book can be looked at a precursor to a set of "structured methods" for designing real-time systems, based upon temporal modeling (as opposed to object modelling).

covers everything i needed to know in designing reports
for my company. i would recommend this book to anyone
faced with the tasks of creating useful reporting systems.
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Distributed application programming has become very popular during last few years. Working with distributed data is one of the greatest challenges for SQL Server developers and administrators. That's why software vendors such as Microsoft provide tools and features that help in developing applications connected to many data sources, where asynchronous data processing and heterogenous database management systems are used.

The book from APress written by .NET expert Klaus Aschenbrenner (awarded twice with Microsoft MVP - C#) describes how Service Oriented Architecture can be implemented using native SQL Server 2008 mechanism - Service Broker. Over 500 pages is full of well organized knowledge on this feature, its capabilities and practical scenarios.

Klaus starts in the first chapters with some basics of SOA and SODA, then walks through the details of Service Broker objects and after that he provides more and more details on practical aspects of SOA implementations with Service Broker. What I like the most in this book is that I can easily find the answers for my questions. The book is really well organized, all chapters are sorted by difficulty level.

First four chapters contain full description of all Service Broker objects. This seems to be a very good approach because Service Broker is quite new and not explored technology in SQL Server. After those chapters the reader has knowledge that allows to step further into the world of SODA.

Then there are some important chapters about transactional processing and distributed applications built with Service Broker. I must admit this part is much more difficult than first chapters but gives you very detailed knowledge on more advanced aspects of building Service Broker based applications.

My favorites are chapter 10 and chapter 12. Chapter 10 contains real-world application scenarios documented with complete code. The author explains each application in details. This chapter is the second after chapter 5 (about transactions) that contains .NET code. It shows real-world scenarios where Service Broker can save much of the development time and is probably the best way to implement the desired functionality. Priceless. In chapter 12 a reader can find solutions for most frequent issues and the ways to monitor and troubleshoot Service Broker processes. Remus Rusanu, a well known Service Broker expert, participated in writing this chapter. I met Remus this year at European PASS Conference and I must say I've never seen anyone so advanced in Service Broker technology. Remus has given some really valuable tips on how to maintain SODA oriented applications in SQL Server 2008. I could easily find answers for most of my questions referring to Service Broker issues and its performance. This is probably most useful chapter for advanced developers and for administrators facing problems with SODA applications connected to their databases.

My final grade for the book is excellent (5/5). This is the book for every SQL Server user who wants to dive deeply into Service Broker internals. I think the book will become the practical guide for many SQL Server developers and DBA.

Also, I have to mention that all code samples are ready and free for download on APress website (http://www.apress.com/).

After finishing this book and following the practical examples you can definitely call yourself a Pro. The book covers every topic you need to know as a SQL server professional with practical and straight-forward examples. Read a chapter and you are up to speed on a topic; a mark of a true companion book.

We all know how we tend to browse or even skip a few topics every now and then due to personal dislikes. Mike's writing style makes every topic straight forward and easy to really complete.

Coming from a GIS background, I liked his break-down of the new spatial Engine feature; his illustrations are perfect for us with that background and a good ice-breaker for those who are new to spatial data and analytics. He did an excellent job on the new features in SQL Server 2008 and T-SQL. If you value your time, this is a book to have.

If you're reading this then you should buy this book. It's the classic volume of Wendell Garner's work on cognitive psychology, information processing, and dimensional interactions. It summarizes work he published with Felfoldy, Imai, Pomerantz and others. I keep checking it out of the library and constantly refer back to it. It's easy to read with no technical jargon - accessible for the newest of students but informative for the most experienced of faculty. It's still just as relevant today as in 1974. I should probably buy my own copy if I weren't such a broke grad student.

There are many ASP.NET 2.0 books on the market now, but they either come in two categories: The beginner who knows another server-side technology (ASP or PHP or even Java) or the advanced who wants to knows about web services or XML implementations or advanced web architecture. I have not found a book that is a solid intermediate ASP.NET 2.0 book on teaching the reader solid, real-life database applications, until now. This book fills in the gaps of so many other books out there on ASP.NET that it really should be the 2nd ASP.NET book you get. If you're already familiar with ASP.NET then this should be your first book. Because pretty much after you know how to use the basic controls and create some master pages and maybe some web parts you really know as much as the majority of the basic ASP.NET developer. This book by Thiru Thangarathinam really gives you a great understanding of "real-world" implementations of ASP.NET applications using any type of database.

Like any book, there always will be an introduction on the technology taught, so basically the first three chapters caters to refresh the reader on this technology. Chapter 1 introduces the ASP.NET 2.0 technology and terminology, the new data controls, how master pages work, and web parts framework. Chapter 2 is a very important chapter because it sets the stage for later chapters focusing on ADO.NET. You do not know how many books I have gone through trying to find a book with anything more than 20 pages on ADO.NET. It amazes me that no book (other than this one), really takes the time and explains this corroborating technology in detail when talking about ASP.NET. Yes, I have seen the pure ADO.NET books out there, but they put most of the explanation towards Windows forms, not web forms. I like how the author organizes the material and then further gives greater detail in other chapters (13 and 14). Chapter 3 introduces the reader to the updated data controls with some good detail on the advantages and disadvantages of using them, the new ObjectDataSource control, and how to incorporate the usual data-bound controls (GridView, DetailView and FormView) to them. A very good introduction to the basics.

The book (Chapter 4) then goes into using the SqlDataSource control (a good 35 pages) with topics like: Executing stored procedures and returning data, How to process return values from a stored procedure, How to handle null values, How to handle exceptions raised by the SqlDataSource control, How to detect conflict during updates, etc. Not to be overly praising this book, but I cannot remember one book that covered all these interesting topics before. Maybe I've seen this in two or three but not just one. A great chapter. The following chapter (5), the author reviews how to data bind XML data using the XmlDataSourceControl, how to filter the data, applying XSLT stylesheets, programmatically creating a XmlDataSource control, etc. A very thorough explanation of a control that is not talked about enough in other books.

One of the most interesting chapters of this book in my opinion is Chapter 6 which shows the basics (and much more) of data binding with objects. Instead of always depending on inline data source controls, you can create n-tier controls (though somewhat limited) and separate the code logic in separate classes. Though this chapter is semi-misleading because it still is talking about using a control (ObjectDataSource) in its examples. A better title would have been: Creating Object with the ObjectDataSource Control (or something like that). In any event, this chapter opens your eyes on one of the ways you can create some "real-world" development techniques.

The next two chapters (7 and 8) focus on making site wide changes to either your web pages (site navigation - SiteMapDataSource control) and how to modify existing controls like the GridView to create template columns and fields to unify your page look.

A great chapter that I automatically started reading right away was chapter 10 which focused on advanced data binding concepts such as creating a master/detail page (or parent/child), displaying selected rows in a GridView, creating custom templates in a GridView, using themes, using other controls (DropDownList) in a GridView, and extending the GridView. Lots of good stuff in this chapter that you will find on a bunch of websites or blogs or forums.

The last few chapters the author goes through creating a nice application (Rental Resevation System) and puts everything taught together. I think every book should have the last couple chapters of the book to put all the pieces together so the reader can get some ideas on how to use them in their own web applications. The code in the book is in C#, so for all you VB.NET developers you'll need to spend some time converting the code.

Apart from that this is an excellent book that teaches the reader how to really use ASP.NET 2.0 to its full potential and lots of tricks of the trade that would take you hours of searching online to find the answer. I highly recommend this book to any ASP.NET developer.