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Choosing a Database for Your Web Site
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Author: John Paul Ashenfelter
List Price: $39.99
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ISBN: 0471296902
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (12 November, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 115,049
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Worth it
Good for novices and seasoned geeks alike, the author deals with the potentially tricky subject matter in a clear, thorough and authoritative way. Starting from first principles of database design, SQL etc, the focus soon moves on to detailed reviews of a number of the most popular tools and technologies available.The book also has a companion website which is intended to keep the content up to date - a great idea but regrettably does not deliver on this promise. All in all a worthwhile book and very valuable first resource for anyone needing direction in adding database functionality to their websites. Well worth the time and money.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great overview for low- and mid-priced web-db tools
This book does an excellent job of comparing and contrasting a number of inexpensive or moderately priced web database tools. It also provides a great overview of web databases and web-db technology.The best part is that the author builds the same two projects in every tool covered in the book (Filemaker, ASP, ColdFusion) to provide a good comparison for how the individual tools work.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not worth it
The title sounds very promising but the text does not deliver. The first two chapter are just a general introduction. The actual comparisons are not in depth and the biggest surprise - Oracle gets just one mention!
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