Oracle® WebDB Bible

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Summary: This book should be discontinued !!!
Review: 1)The Oracle WebDB is no longer available for download or
purchase.
2)The preface of the book gives some non-working URL's to
download a trial version of the software or updates to the
included CD-ROM.
3)The preface of the book is stating:
"The CD-ROM attached to the back cover of this book provides a
trial copy of WebDB ..." - false
4) I contacted the authors about this, NO answer at all.
5) ...

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Summary: Great Starting Point for New Users
Review: For those who are new to WebDB, this is a very good starting book. While the lack of demo product on the CD might be considered a problem, you can easily download the database and the WebDB (current versions!) from technet.oracle.com; this should present no big problem for anyone.

The book provides a good step-by-step approach and takes newbies through all the steps to create a functional demo system.

The authors should not and can not be held against the wall because Oracle has so quickly released new, improved versions (book talk to 2.0 and 2.2 is the current version). I find the comments from the few negative reviews to be baseless.

This is still the best and only book that provides the needed information that the Oracle documentation does not address.

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Summary: WebDB Bible
Review: I generally purchase manuals from either Oracle Press or ORielly. Unfortunately, neither seems to have much on WebDB, so the Web-Bible it is. While the book tends to gloss over the more technical areas (assuming that you come to the software with sufficient knowledge in HTML and PL/SQL to do what you'll need), it should provide any reader with a basic idea of what the early version of WebDB has to offer.

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Summary: Oracle WebDB Bible Feedback
Review: The book is well written focusing on the fact that the product is fairly new. Oracle WebDB Bible covers material to get anyone up and going in a hurry (regardless of your web development experience), with meaningful examples and lessons that really teach. Oracle's own WebDB manual is limited to installation, with little emphasis on details. Without the Oracle WebDB Bible, I could not have made my project a success. Jim Milbery has also been very helpful with specific questions on topics not covered in this edition of Oracle WebDB Bible. It's worth every penny!

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Summary: This book should be discontinued !!!
Review: There are no other books on the market yet. This one is good for WebDB beginners only. To work with WebDB and create complex WebDB applications you must have good HTML, JavaScript & Oracle 8 books.

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Summary: Best total information source!
Review: This book is a complete reference for both new and experienced users of WEBDB. The book very detailed and flows well. It provides the necessary knowledge base and examples to build and manage WebDB sites and components. In the classroom, I recommend this book to all of my students and now I recommend it to all of you!

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Summary: Oracle Webdb Bible
Review: This book is a great reference site for using Oracle's WebDB. I am a developer within Oracle and it is great to be able to use this book as a reference guide for supporting my internal customers. It is easy to follow and understand and gives you many great ideas for web database development. I know it has helped me provide a better service to my customers.

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Summary: Nice, but not the BEST
Review: This book is good information source on the working of WebDB. But, skips couple of basic DB/Tool concepts (viz. sequences, linking forms to another). Once can find some solutions on the WEBDB-BIBLE.COM, but still are not that helpful.

The book is meant for version 2.0.5 and there is lot of changes in 2.1 and 2.2. Version 2.3 is on the way. Beginners, rather wait for 2.3 version book.

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Summary: Great book and excellent tutorial
Review: This book provides an easy way to learn about Oracle WEBDB in a short period of time. The step by step tutorial comes with this book is so easy to follow that within 2 to 3 weeks, you will be able to design a simple WEB site on your own. Two thumbs up....

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Summary: I highly recommend the Oracle WebDB Bible
Review: With the help of the Oracle WebDB Bible, I was able to transform a small 'Mom and Pop' ecommerce site, to a robust, data-driven machine. The authors convey technical concepts both concise and clear. This book stays on my desk.