Java Database Development

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Summary: A great help for Java file and field programming
Review: I have searched for about 18 months for a way to handle files and fields in Java so that I could implement my ideas for advanced data structures. Marty's book is helping me do this.

It is obvious that he enjoyed writing this book. I very much like his filppant, conversational style. That's what the subject mater deserves. His style really helps the reader get involved with the subject matter.

He has a very good professional programming philosophy and style -- good programming practice is preached and practiced. His programs and applications are heavy weight not just toys. I am having a little trouble getting the programs for the later chapters to work as advertised on my system. Marty has been very helpful via email and I am confident that soond they will perform up to snuff.

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Summary: MisTitled Book ...
Review: To be fair, most of Martin's sample code compiled easily in spite of the deprecated event handling - no big deal. The format was very elegant and clean. However, a book titled Java Database Development should cover object stores and the only pure java classes he's used here are to imitate ancient (dBASE and Clipper) file formats . These are like Latin - their very Dead. and no JDBC ? He opens very strongly with an example on a Scrollable Interface - but for a TEXT file ? Martin this is

not a database. A database should be about two things - performance and security. You won't get them from text files or .DBF formats. There is no doubt a very big market for lite and small footprint pure java databases mainly because todays' major database vendors have put up a big firewall that requires proprietary use of their drivers specifically. This book does not deliver on the promise of the Title - it should be more aptly described as writing cool java interfaces to text files and simple formats. Something very suspicious appeared when Martin very early on defines a unique interpretation for the interface mechanism. The book just does not provide any real value past that point.

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Summary: Great intro for database implementation
Review: Very useful book for anyone that have mastered the basics of Java and wants to know how to implement the details of a database. The code that is given in the book can be used as is or modified to your personal taste. The code is written in Java 1.0 but this is no big deal, the most important parts can be used as is or with minor modification ... and it should be pretty simple to make a Java 1.1 or Java 2 version. And don't forget ... check for updated code !!!

Well worth the money.