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Java Database Programming: Servlets and JDBC (Paperback)

by D.G. Williamson (Author), Moran (Author)
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  • Paperback: 439 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pap/Dsk edition (21 Aug 1997)
  • ISBN-10: 013737917X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0137379170
  • Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,430,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Aimed at the database developer who needs to learn how to optimize their skills for the Web, this text and CD covers JDBC, servlets, database front-end design, security, multi-threading and client server.

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I am not surprised at any of your comments, in fact I share many of them. The problem is the book was never meant to be a developers book. Of course it's not. There are hardly any code examples in it. A developers book is something with meat, this had none. The book is way out of date. The servlet api has moved on so much that anyone reading the book after Jan98 is simply wasting their time. Its over 18months out of date. So most of those comments are null'n'void on that basis.

The book was intended as an introduction to Servlets, and nothing more. It was never meant to be an end-to-end tutorial.

So for all those buying it with that intention, we apologise.

Please refer to my latest offering, which *is* a developers book and is aimed squarely at those wishing to get to grips with Java Servlets. You will not be disappointed.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A book so bad it is laughable, 2 May 1999
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I got this book from a friend who was going to throw it away. After perusing it, I threw it away. You would learn more about servlets from reading a couple of articles in periodicals! This book's content is so vapid and the author's style is so pretentious it is comical. No doubt, I would have been less amused if I'd wasted my money on it instead of just my time.

Instead of stars, I think Amazon.com should offer a bomb icon for a book this bad.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A murky introduction that serves no purpose, 2 Feb 1999
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This book purports to teach JDBC and Servlet programming in Java. But it actually does neither of the two. The examples are, well, murky; they use a strange programming style which makes them extremely difficult to follow. It is extremely hard or downright impossible to get anything useful out of this book. At the time it came out it was one of the few titles dealing with these subjects. But nowadays one can find quite a few books dealing with JDBC and Servlet programming which are much more instructional, transparent, and to the point.

The bottom line: Skip this book. It is expensive and useful only as a doorstop.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Just don't bother with this book!, 15 Dec 1998
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With the lack of books about servlets I bought a copy of this, excited and hoping that I would actually learn something from it. I am fairly new to java programming and knew very little about servlets before reading the book - after having read through the book I am absolutely none the wiser. I really don't know who this book is aimed at, but I for one am annoyed that my hard earned money has been wasted on a book that is only really suited to keeping the back door open. Only buy this book if you like an arrogant style of writing with little useful information, or if like me you have wonky hinges.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money!
I bought this book several months ago thinking I would get some good information about two subjects that fit well together. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars A complete waste of time and money
I thought this book was going to be about servlets and JDBC. The title is completely misleading. Out of 17 chapters there is only 1 chapter on servlets (which mostly just... Read more
Published on 28 May 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars not very helpful
I wouldn't waste your time on this one, like the other reviewers stated, its not a good book on servlets. Doesn't go into much detail. Read more
Published on 21 May 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars This book offers very little to servlet developers.
If you were waiting for a book that offered an in depth treatment of servlets, you'll have to keep waiting. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 1997

3.0 out of 5 stars deals not very deep with the aspects anounced in the title
reading the title I thought I can learn a lot about database programming in java. but most of the pages deal about general java. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1997

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