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5 comments about Oracle 8i and Java: From Client Server to E-Commerce.

1. Excellent book for the beginner to the advanced. Content covers everything you need to know about the Oracle Java environment. Great easy to follow examples that reflect real world solutions.

   I thoroughly recommend this book to any who wants to further their knowledge in the Oracle-Java world.

   A superb reference guide.




2. It is clear that a lot of work went into this book, however, inspite of the large number of pages in the book, it is not very useful. Maybe about 10% of the book has some good tips but the rest is simply out of Oracle education courses. I wish the authors had given some real-world example instead of showing some simple techniques that are fun to know but not really useful on a daily basis.



3. This book contains numerous typos, and such bad layout of the examples it is very hard to follow. The "<>" typo on p321 is an extremely bad demonstration of this. It seems to have missed one last cycle of proof-reading and editorial fix-ups before it went to press.

   But onto the contents... the authors have really taken on a huge task in trying to document the Oracle PL/SQL world and the java world in one book. Since it doesn't assume the reader knows either world in depth all the examples and comments must be kept simple and therefore are of limited use. It starts off with an overview of each topic, and builds on this very slowly. Chapter 20 "Using Oracle Replication to Build Distributed Systems" should be removed completely. This is a very complex topic and the chapter only discusses Read-only snapshot views. No mention of Advance Replication, or the problems these forms of replication can cause in a database. Barely touching on these topics in this way is worse than not including this chapter at all.

   The scope of what this book tries to cover is so large, but it still feels as though it has been filled out to make it fat and expensive. The 1000+ pages are paded out with the badly laid out source code of trivial examples. This book is at best an introduction on how Java relates with Oracle databases, I certainly don't think it is value for money. I advise searching for a better option in order to learn how best to interface these 2 worlds.




4. This book is full of error, even in the code listings! did the authors actaully compile and run the examples? it is very obivious that most of the materials are copied, pasted then rearranged from
   somewhere else. it is also wordy, boring and misleading starting from charpter one! Its only use I can think of would be a door stopper due to its thickness and weight.



5. The first section start with a quick intro to data modeling and general SQL/Oracle syntax. Mid section's focus is on Java data conduits to Oracle (JDBC, SQLJ, etc.). The last part of the book covers a broad range of technologies from IDEs to enterprise components. If you're a Oracle beginner with some java background this book may be of use. The authors cover the material in short succinct snippets. This also benefits middle tier developers - between beginners and experts. For them, this book can be a very useful reference for frequent lookups.

5 comments about Oracle8 Architecture.

1. This book gives an excellent overview of the Oracle8 engine. While it does not get into the "how-tos" required for DBAs, it is great for for those DBAs experienced with other databases (Informix, Sybase, etc.) who are now learning Oracle8. Read this book first, then go on to the more specialized Oracle books.



2. I have a DB2 kernel background and I found the book very useful to understand how the competition is doing.



3. This is a really great book for the on who wants to know how the Oracle 8.0 DBMS works, and understand how it can be so good.

   It's a really great book for the one who "needs" to know more ... Although, it's important to know that this's not a practical book, it's a completely theorical one. So you must know what you're looking for, not to become disappointed.




4. As with any good technical book this one ranks high on style of presentation and language. All the concepts have been explained clearly which encourages me to get on with the chapters without getting bogged down in minute details. However I felt that the author could have dealt with some topics in greater detail or have provided a quiz at the end of each chapter to test the understanding and recall of the reader.Such features add value to the book improving its utility. It is very useful for anybody who is keen on getting started with Oracle. It gives you the essence of Server Concepts without demoralising you.



5. This book pieces everything together in Oracle & why it gives no concrete (hence the theoretical below) queries, you will understand Oracle very well. You can then get some other book to give you the hands on you will need.

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