Windows Multi-DBMS Programming: Using C++, Visual Basic?, ODBC, OLE2, and Tools for DBMS Projects - Softcover

North, Ken

9780471016755: Windows Multi-DBMS Programming: Using C++, Visual Basic?, ODBC, OLE2, and Tools for DBMS Projects

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471016756 ISBN 13: 9780471016755

Publisher: Wiley, 1995

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This book on Windows database programming uses a new Windows programming interface, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), created by Microsoft. Allows programmers to write portable object-oriented database applications using different languages and protocols that run together on Windows. The CD-ROM includes 20 demonstration programs. Gives full profiles of the products that support ODBC and has example programs in C++ and Visual Basic 3. The disk includes source code that can be used to develop software and value-added software that expands on the example programs in the book.

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Review

This book contains much of the information you need in order to develop Windows applications with lots of snazzy database-related features. North explains far more than ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), detailing dozens of Windows technologies that you can use to communicate with Database Management Systems (DBMSs) of various kinds.

Opening with a discussion of how programmers can structure databases and their interfaces in Windows, Windows Multi-DBMS Programming goes on to explain general database concepts, such as table structure and optimization. Then, the book delves into SQL (structured query language) and some of its many implementations, including Watcom SQL, Quadbase-SQL, Microrim R:BASE and R:BASE SQL, Raima, Gupta, and others. Windows Multi-DBMS Programming then highlights ODBC 2.0, the most popular SQL tool under Windows. Subsequently, the book details QELib, Access, FoxPro, and goes into some detail on programming databases under Visual Basic and C++. There's even some attention paid to writing database applications for palmtop computers.

As you might expect, a book that covers so much data sacrifices depth for breadth. The tradeoff is worthwhile, considering how few other resources give attention to some of the tools this reference covers. Once you develop a general plan for solving your problem, you can look into more specific tutorials and API (application programming interface) references.

To the book's detriment, all the examples are done in Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.5x, even though this book came out in 1995. Much of the material will transfer to newer operating environments, but an update is badly needed. Furthermore, the author sometimes lapses into oversimplicity, providing glossary-like definitions of basic terms such as "SDK" (software developer's kit). Though these lapses sometimes grow annoying, it's better that the book errs on the side of simplicity rather than on the side of complexity.

From the Back Cover

Learn multi-DBMS programming and get a jump start on dozens of Windows database products

This groundbreaking book/disk set gives you a solid working knowledge of database design concepts, Windows programming, and object-oriented techniques. Supported by an abundance of technical information and programming examples, you'll learn how to craft an unprecedented range of feature-rich, multi-DBMS applications.

Windows Multi-DBMS Programming: Shows you how to write database and multi-database software using Microsoft ODBC and intersolv/qelib Presents broad spectrum coverage of Windows database and client/server software tools and techniques Supplies source code in a variety of languages, sample databases, and scripts for SQL servers and engines for Windows, Windows NT, and NetWare Includes numerous examples for database and client/server software development using: Visual C++ SQLWindows FoxPro VBX libraries Visual Basic Borland C++ Qelib and many other Access Oracle Glue InfoModeler developer tools ObjectView Visual AppBuilder ProtoView PowerBuilder Integra VDB WindowsMAKER

Companion disk includes: Full example programs for all sample code included in the book.

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