Review by Billy Barron

"JDBC Developer's Resource" by Taylor (Prentice Hall; ISBN 0-13-842352-0) is the third JDBC book I've read. It is the one by far which goes into the most useful detail of JDBC programming. It has the usual Java primer chapter that almost all of the advanced Java books seem to have though I consider them to be a waste of good trees.

Next, it has a good relational database primer that will definitely help out those programmers who are weak on database theory. Then the book goes into teaching you JDBC for several chapters. In the end, it has a detailed JDBC reference.

Throughout the whole book is plenty of code examples that vary from short to a full-blown 3-tier application. However, if I have a complaint about this book, it is that the code listings appear to be tripled spaced which make them a pain to read.

In the JDBC marketplace, I've looked at three books. "Java Database Programming" by Jepsen is a below average book. "Database Programming with JDBC and Java" Resource" is a good book if you need to know JDBC and all the association technologies. If you just want hardcore JDBC though, then "JDBC Developer's Resource is the book to get.