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Summary: Good introduction to COM+
Review: Although I have extensive experience with Visual Basic, I was a novice when it came to COM+. When I started this book, I felt that I did not know anything about COM+. When I finished this book, my skill set was at an intermediate level. This book is well written and I read this book from cover-to-cover. VB developers coming from a n-tier environment that used MTS may find this book a little too basic but for developer with little or no experience with MTS will find this book useful in learning COM+.
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Summary: Good introduction to COM+
Review: Although I have extensive experience with Visual Basic, I was a novice when it came to COM+. When I started this book, I felt that I did not know anything about COM+. When I finished this book, my skill set was at an intermediate level. This book is well written and I read this book from cover-to-cover. VB developers coming from a n-tier environment that used MTS may find this book a little too basic but for developer with little or no experience with MTS will find this book useful in learning COM+.
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Summary: A number of technical issues with its COM+ examples
Review: I have so far read chapter 6, and to be very frank, I am not impressed. Note that my review is very technical, requring good understanding of SQL Server, Microsoft DNA and MTS. Unless you already understand these topics well, you may not find my review useful.I have listed a few problems with the author's code (just in Chapter 6). (1) In its Order_Place stored proc, the code calls exec Orders_Add, and then exec OrderDetails_Add procs. After calling both procs, the author tests @@error=0 to decide whether to commit or roll back transactions. If there is an error in Order_Add, but not in OrderDetails_Add, then @@error would still be 0 (noting that @@error would be set by the last statement), and thus the code could commit despite inconsistencies. (2) Still in the Order_Place proc, the author called begin tran/commit tran/rollback tran SQL statement. This proc is meant to be used by MTS/COM+, and thus should leave transaction handling to MTS. (3) In Products_UpdStock proc, author raises an error if @UnitsInStock < @Quantity, without exiting the proc. Now if it weren't for the fact that Northwind database has a constraint requiring UnitsInStock>=0, this proc would have continued on to update UnitInStock despite Quantiy required > UnitsInStock. The author doesn't seem realize RaisError does not exit proc. (4) The author uses Northwind_Order.Order class to place an order. This is a business logic layer module. It in turn calls Data.Access module, which is in the Data Access Layer. As the author pointed himself, the idea of having separate data access layer and business logic layer is so that if ever, the underlying database changes, only data access layer has to be recoded, thus improving maintainability. This is the one of the tenors of Microsoft DNA. However, in author's Northwind_Order.Order class, it actually constructs a SQL string that is in turn passed to Data.Access. If the underlying database is changed from SQL Server to Oracle, the author would have to rewrite both his Northwind_Order.Order class and Data.Access because Oracle has a totally different convention of writing stored proc. These problems are just from cursory glances that I have taken at Chapter 6. I can't be sure how the rest of the book stacks up.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I know this author personally. he is great in COM+ programming. It is a good book for VB programmers
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Summary: Great Com+ book I ever read
Review: I've tried some many COM books and this is the best I've read so far. The book provided simple, yet useful examples and also has advanced and real-world projects. I've benefited a lot from reading it. I've read this book twice, and each time I learnt something more... I highly recommend this book to all who wants to have a in depth understanding of COM.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: It is a fantastic read. It is thorough, well written and presents COM from a perspective that a CS guy would appreciate. Most COM books are written for IS guys and are inundated with "it is beyond the scope of this book" or "you don't need to worry about this." It is refreshing to read a book that accomodates the non-technical reader but does not insult the intelligence of the more sophisticated reader. It is truly a seminal work.
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Summary: Best VB COM Book on market...
Review: Just thought I'd say that this has got to be one if not the best programming book that I have ever read. Its style and content are exactly what a REAL world developer is looking for. I, on average purchase about 1 - 2 programming books a month (goes with the territory) and I am so impressed with Peishu Li book that I would search for that specific author in future. Its whats needed, where it is needed, and Im already an MCSD like the author, so I can appreciate the skill in transalting the concepts into written form. After going though so many Microsoft books (some of which are every poor), I can tell the difference between a list of commands in a book and when a real developer has written the text. Please pass my congratulations on to the author.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: One of the best computer books that I have ever read. Comprehensive yet clear with lots of useful examples.
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Summary: A Greate Book
Review: One of the best computer books that I have ever read. Comprehensive yet clear with lots of useful examples.
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Summary: An excellent book for COM+ developer
Review: This book is very practical on VB and COM+. The author is very experienced on the subjects. It helps developers a great deal with everyday development, it certainly has made my understanding of a few things much clearer and it has reinforced some ideas I had that I was not sure of.
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