OCA Oracle Database : SQL certified expert exam guide : (exam 1Z0-047) / Steve O’Hearn, McGraw-Hill, 2010
If you are a programmer doing SQL for Oracle, this book will help you get certified. 700 pages.
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OCA Oracle Database
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5 : LINQ and the Entity Framework with C# 2008 / Anne Boehm, Murach, c2009.
This is for the programmer who is developing web apps on Microsoft servers. It starts with very simple steps. Large format, 650 pages.
Oracle 11g exams 1Z0-051, 1Z0-052, and 1Z0-053
Monday, January 18th, 2010
OCA/OCP Oracle Database 11g all-in-one exam guide : exams 1Z0-051, 1Z0-052, and 1Z0-053 / John Watson, McGraw-Hill, 2010
If you want to get certified, this book will help. 1000 pages, hardcover. Includes a CD with the book in electronic format.
Oracle PL/SQL Programming
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Oracle PL/SQL Programming 5th ed / by Steven Feuerstein, O’Reilly, 2009
Here is a wealth of information on SQL programming for Oracle’s database. There is also good coverage of Oracle’s Pascal like PL language. Well written, but an unwieldy 1100 pages.
SQL For Smarties
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Joe Celko’s SQL For Smarties : advanced SQL programming, third ed. / Joe Celko, Morgan Kaufmann, 2005
If you can get past the cute title, this book is good (though slightly dated). 800 pages.
SQL For MySQL Developers
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009SQL For MySQL Developers : a comprehensive tutorial and reference / Rick F. van der Lans, Addison-Wesley, 2007
Here is an into to SQL. Most of this book is not specific to MySQL. 1000 pages.
SQL, the Complete Reference
Saturday, October 17th, 2009SQL, the Complete Reference / Paul Weinberg, McGraw-Hill, 2009
Here’s a top reference book for database programmers. 850 pages.
Information Modeling and Relational Databases
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Information Modeling and Relational Databases, 2nd ed. / Terry Halpin, Morgan Kaufman, 2008
900 pages, hardcover.
Database design : know it all
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Database design : know it all / Stephen Buxton, Morgan Kaufmann /Elsevier, 2009
Here is a compendium of chapters by 17 authors, all of who are experts on databases. It is a mix of theory and practical information. 350 pages, hardcover.
Head first PHP & MySQL
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Head first PHP & MySQL / Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison, O’Reilly, 2009
A tutorial with visual gags that will keep anyone, teen or older, glued to the pages. It still retains the great O’Reilly quality. 750 pages.