Product Description'In this book, Mr. Price takes you from making simple database connections to using object-relational features and covers such essential topics as Oracle9'IAS Containers for J2EE (OC4J), JDeveloper, and performance tuning. Read this book and learn how to leverage the full power of Oracle's implementation of JDBC.'--Thomas Kurian, Senior Vice President, Oracle Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation From the authentic Oracle Press comes the definitive guide to writing JDBC programs for use with the Oracle8'i and Oracle9'i databases, including details on Oracle extensions. In addition, JDBC support in the Oracle9'i database as well as in Oracle9'i Internet Application Server (via the containers for J2EE) is covered.
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Rating: - An excellent work
Rarely one comes across a book so complete as this one. What I liked the most in the book was COMPLETENESS in its discussion. Must say that the author is very precise and consistent in his approach for all topics throughout the book. Just like Mr. Tom Kyte, (Does he need any introduction?), the author too does not hesitate in sharing his personal preferences on dos and don'ts and also shares his personal preferences on the books for advance readings. Advance Java Programmers might be little disappointed ... Read More
Rating: - An enjoyable read
I've been programming with Java and Oracle for about 3 years now, and this book shines the light on things like best practices when using Java and Oracle together. This book is a must have if you are using Java and Oracle: kind of like the Thomas Kyte book "Expert-one-on-one" is now.
This book teaches you not only how to do things, but _why_ you want to do things a certain way. Because of that, this book is streets ahead of anything else available on Java and Oracle - even the other Oracle Press ... Read More
Rating: - Nicely Done AND a Quick Read!
I wish more books were written like this. Price did a nice job of balancing depth with usability as well as explaining JDBC standard features with Oracle JDBC specific extensions (and their performance characteristics). It was a very quick read yet I didn't feel slighted in any way. I can see referencing this text frequently as I occasionally require to tap into more Oracle specific features from within Java (JDBC) applications.
Rating: - Awesome book
If you buy just one Oracle Java book, this is the one to buy!Just the tuning chapter is well worth the price.
Also covers Java stored procedures, EJB programming, servlets and JSP. I liked the conciseness of the book.
Rating: - The only book you need on Java and Oracle
I spent quite some time reading through the various books on Java programming and Oracle, and this book really stood out as being the best. It covers everything you need: SQL, PL/SQL, Java, JDBC, and J2EE components (EJB, servlets, and JSP). It even covers how to use JDeveloper. I highly recommend this book.
