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JDBC and Java database programming books: A comparative review
See table below provides an overview
The table below offers a quick comparison of each book reviewed this month. The following are explanations of several of the characteristics I included in the table:- In the absence of tools to calculate the true cost-per-bit equivalent of a book, Listings Density provides an idea of how dense or "aerated" the source listings are. A low lines/page value usually means unreadable listings
and a high page-fill factor, so the higher this value, the better.
- Drivers Explored tells you whether the book contains the complete listing for one or more JDBC drivers. If you need to work on the driver
side of the JDBC API, look for a "Yes" in this row.
- Three-tiered Example tells you whether the book contains a complete three-tiered application example. Database programmers generally agree that
three-tiered application architectures are superior to the classic two-tier client/server architectures, so books with three-tiered
examples could be said to be more up-to-date than those without.
- But being current also means tracking major JDK releases. JDK 1.1 tells you whether the book was written before or after the introduction of the 1.1 JDK. This difference has implications
for JDBC; in JDK 1.0.2, JDBC was a separate archive that had to be installed alongside the JDK, whereas in JDK 1.1 and subsequent
releases, JDBC is an integral part of the Core API.
- Finally, API Reference indicates whether the book contains a JDBC API reference separate from the main text.
| Database Programming with JDBC and Java | Java Database Programming | JDBC Database Access with Java: A Tutorial and Annotated Reference | Java Database Programming with JDBC (2nd ed) | SQL Database Programming with Java | Teach Yourself Database Programming With JDBC in 21 Days | JDBC Developer's Resource: Database Programming on the Internet |
| Price (U.S. $) | 29.95 | 29.95 | 37.61 | 39.99 | 39.99 | 39.99 | 49.95 |
| Pages, Chapters (Appendices) | 224, 10 (0) | 485, 11 (4) | 462, 21 (2) | 491, 16 (2) | 493, 14 (3) | 524, 21 (1) | 730, 8 (1) |
| Index | Poor | Poor | Very Good | Poor | Very Good | Good | Good |
| Glossary | None | None | Very Good | None | None | None | None |
| CD-ROM | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Authors | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Listings Density (lines/page) | 48 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 46 | 56 | 24 |
| Drivers Explored | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Three-tiered Example | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| JDK 1.1 ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| API Reference | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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