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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I got this books few days back and started with a chapter and could not resist to read most of it. This books gave me answers to all my questions. This is a very detailed book. I did not look at it as SQL or Database book. It explains (VERY CLEARLY) what the title is about. The authors thought about all the issues (setting up, connecting, writing Java code) and explained them very nicely. I wish all the books are written with this kind of calrity! Sure we can get most of this material on WWW, but searching for the information is painful. This book saved me lots of time. Great job authors.
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Summary: Good for JDBC beginners
Review: I have bought this book because I had expected to find there some more advanced hints and tricks, especially about performance tuning and bottlenecks of Java and MySQL applications. Unfortunatelly, this book only covers the very basic problematics. It is a good kickstart for beginners, but only for them. Experienced developers should pick a general J2EE book instead.
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Summary: Effective where it counts
Review: I have not come across the errors in this book that some other reviewers have talked about and the code I wrote using info from this book works. My only bad words about this book are that the sections were not really ordered in with any logic, and were not very long. This was Ok though because they give enough information and coresponding well explained code examples to get the job done. I thought I was in trouble because the first half of the book didnt talk about using java and mysql on a web page but half way through they talked about servlets. With this book you can code a three tier web application that runs a store driven from your mySQL DB or you can write stand alone apps with mySQL functionality. In short this book is effective where it counts.
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Summary: Effective where it counts
Review: I have not come across the errors in this book that some other reviewers have talked about and the code I wrote using info from this book works. My only bad words about this book are that the sections were not really ordered in with any logic, and were not very long. This was Ok though because they give enough information and coresponding well explained code examples to get the job done. I thought I was in trouble because the first half of the book didnt talk about using java and mysql on a web page but half way through they talked about servlets. With this book you can code a three tier web application that runs a store driven from your mySQL DB or you can write stand alone apps with mySQL functionality. In short this book is effective where it counts.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent book
Review: I haven't found the errors that other reviewers have mentioned (that's not to say they're not there, but they weren't an issue to me). However, I have found this to be one of the most useful technical books I have ever used. I knew nothing about mySQL configuration and a passing bit of experience with JDBC and this book helped me setup an enterprise-used database that is very well designed and works like a charm. I have a TomCat servlet server running and used this developer's guide religiously. It is actually interesting to read, not only as a reference. Of course, I'm interested in this topic, so I'm a little biased, but I really recommend this book to anyone who wants to use this EXCELLENT, free DBMS and write powerful apps using Java.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent book
Review: I haven't found the errors that other reviewers have mentioned (that's not to say they're not there, but they weren't an issue to me). However, I have found this to be one of the most useful technical books I have ever used. I knew nothing about mySQL configuration and a passing bit of experience with JDBC and this book helped me setup an enterprise-used database that is very well designed and works like a charm. I have a TomCat servlet server running and used this developer's guide religiously. It is actually interesting to read, not only as a reference. Of course, I'm interested in this topic, so I'm a little biased, but I really recommend this book to anyone who wants to use this EXCELLENT, free DBMS and write powerful apps using Java.
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Summary: Great Information and Examples
Review: If you need to interface Java with MySQL then this is the book to get. As a developer, I like examples and there are examples along with code to study. The fingerprint example shows a great combination of using both web and Java application connections to the database. The book is up-to-date as much as it can be with the latest MySQL Connector/J beta. I would have liked to see more work arounds for featured not handled in MySQL but I guess that's really a MySQL issue and not necessarily the connection between MySQL and Java.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Mark Matthews has done a great job with this book. His MM.MySQL has always been the best driver available, and now he has the best book. This thing covers a wide range of topics needed to develop MySQL applications with Java. It covers all the basics of course, but has a ton of high end info too including 10 solid pages on advanced connection pool management, excellent performance and tuning advice, EJB examples, and great info for working with BLOBs and CLOGs. I'm just moving up to Connector/J 3.0.x, so I appreciate that this book covers it and the older 2.0.14. Definitely makes the transition smoother. Another great benefit...the code actually works as described, is useful, realistic, and available on the book's website. Great stuff!
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Summary: Above average--in the number of errors
Review: Rarely have I been so irritated with a book that I felt compelled to write a review. I feel that the 5-star rating that the book had when I bought is undeserved. It's replete with errors. Even the URL for the companion website is incorrect. I tracked down the companion website with the help of Google and downloaded the samples, but of course, they wouldn't compile. The authors admit to the challenge of timing the release of book with the release of the Connector/J driver. Too difficult to allow for decent quality control it would appear. Detailed examples can be very helpful, but not when the details are wrong. That just makes for massive frustration.
Rating:
Summary: Above average--in the number of errors
Review: Rarely have I been so irritated with a book that I felt compelled to write a review. I feel that the 5-star rating that the book had when I bought is undeserved. It's replete with errors. Even the URL for the companion website is incorrect. I tracked down the companion website with the help of Google and downloaded the samples, but of course, they wouldn't compile. The authors admit to the challenge of timing the release of book with the release of the Connector/J driver. Too difficult to allow for decent quality control it would appear. Detailed examples can be very helpful, but not when the details are wrong. That just makes for massive frustration.
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