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The classic bestseller on estimating the value of small businesses and professional practices is fully updated and enhanced. While continuing to take readers step-by-step through the valuation process, it now features timely new or significantly revised chapters on valuation for estate plans, employee stock ownership plans, and corporate partnership dissolutions/buyouts. Along with case studies, it also offers greatly expanded coverage of data sources and their availability to small businesses.
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Required reading.......2007-05-22
Required reading if you are in the appraisal business, even though it is a little dated.
A Must Have for the Valuation Library.......2006-04-11
I open this book every time I do a valuation. It is a great resource when you need to refresh your memory. The example of a professional practice valuation has been especially helpful. It's probably a little much for the business owner wanting to estimate the value of his/her business, but I would definitely recommend it to a professional.
Worth every penny!.......2003-04-06
Business Valuation is the single largest niche practice area for the CPA today. Dr. Pratt covers an extensive amount of material in this text. No valuation specialist should be without this text in his or her reference library.
great reference book for valutions for beginners or advanced.......1999-01-03
This is a great book for a business library
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- A very good book for SQL server self-learner
- Not enough T-SQL
- Extensive coverage of what every SQL DBA should know
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SQL Server 2000 is the leading relational database in the Windows market. The increased manageability of SQL Server 2000 has "lowered the bar" with regard to the people that can use it – anyone can use a SQL Server database. However, this book recognizes that aspiring DBAs need more than just a basic knowledge of the available features in order to be considered "a safe pair of hands" for the database and the mission-critical data that is stored in it. They require direction and advice from an expert mentor who not only understands the features available and how they should be used, but also knows what it takes to be a good and effective DBA. In essence, this book is that "mentor", and this is why the book stands apart from the "feature overview" competition.
The book teaches a database novice the core job and roles involved in administering a SQL Server database. It follows the lifecycle of the database, from installation, design and modeling, through development, tuning and securing to growth and migration. It provides practical advice ("How to..."), answers typical questions that they'll encounter from managers and developers ("How do I..."), and offers practical steps to overcome issues with which beginners traditionally struggle. At every stage, it establishes a range of tried-and-tested practices and techniques that will establish and maintain the health of a DB system ("How to be a good DBA").
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A review.......2006-11-23
Warning! This might be a wonderful book except for the fact that the publishers decided to use much smaller print than is normally used for computer manuals. If staring at small print is not a problem for you then buy this book, otherwise you might be better off buying another book with normal sized print.
A very good book for SQL server self-learner.......2006-06-21
Excellent. It is a good reference for your SQL Server examination or self-learning. The examples are listed in details. If you follow them step by step, you can 100% learn the skills for your SQL server daily maintenance. I am not a professional in SQL Server, but after reading this book, I have much stronger confidence to use it.
IF THE AUTHOR CAN WRITE THE SAME KINDS/STYLE OF MATERIAL IN ORACLE FIELD, I THINK HE/SHE WILL FURTHER HELP A LOT OF LEARNERS OR USERS.
Not enough T-SQL.......2006-03-27
Overall, I would say this book is well put together and is an excellent resource. I personally was hoping for a bit more meat on the programming of the T-SQL commands and methods, but the lack of that information is not the fault of the author, merely my selection of the wrong book.
I picked up valuable knowledge about SQL Server that will serve me well, but DBAs in my company do a heck of a lot with T-SQL that apparently is not as common in other places.
Extensive coverage of what every SQL DBA should know.......2004-05-03
Packed with practical, real-world information for anyone involved with SQL Server Administration, "Beginning SQL Server 2000 DBA: From Novice to Professional" is one of the most complete administration books available. It is not without its problems but they are generally pretty minor and in fact somewhat humorous at times. For example, page 84 has a section titled "Upgrading to SQL Server 6.5" and page 90 a section titled "Upgrading to Earlier Versions of SQL Server". Obviously you don't upgrade to an earlier version nor do you upgrade from 2000 to 6.5. So, while there are errors, they are so obvious as to not be a big problem. When it comes to the technical details where accuracy is critical, I didn't find any obvious errors.
So what does the book cover? It starts with the different types of DBAs, the different versions of SQL Server 2000 available, installation methods and resolving installation problems. After getting everything installed and working correctly it moves on to working with the database with things like creating a database, basic considerations for databases (such as raid levels), and everyday administrative activities like making the database read-only, removing databases, adding databases, changing the path, creating and deleting tables. One of the things I liked about this section (and most of the sections of the book) was that it explained how to do each task by using the database manager and by using the Transact-SQL language.
Each of the sections follows logically from the prior one. With all the database management section completed the next part covers doing queries, joins, creating indexes, and similar tasks, basic backing up and restoring databases, generating a database script, creating and adding jobs, working with security and authentication, user permissions, roles, application security, ODBC, ADO, performance monitoring, and other tasks.
Although it was mentioned in brief in an earlier chapter, chapter eight provides a thorough treatment of backup and recovery. This is a very important chapter, I have run across many, many SQL installations where people did not understand the correct backup and restore procedures for SQL and made a complete mess of their system using copy and paste techniques. The author does an excellent job here and it will keep you out of trouble if you follow his advice.
The remaining portion of the book covers replication (a particularly well-done chapter), writing Transact-SQL code, creating views, error handling, writing triggers, data warehousing, data analysis, and creating a data transformation package using the data transformation package editor. Due to the breadth of coverage "Beginning SQL Server 2000 DBA: From Novice to Professional" is exactly as advertised and useful to both the complete novice and the experienced professional. Note that although it covers some of the more common uses of T-SQL for administrative purposes it is not a book on programming, it is a book on administration and within that defined area it is excellent. "Beginning SQL Server 2000 DBA" is a highly recommended read.
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The Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is an extremely powerful platform for developing enterprise-level Java-based applications, primarily for the server. This book shows you how to harness that power, examining how the pieces of the new J2EE 5 platform fit together.
This book surpasses explaining how to code a JSP or an EJB: It explains when and where to use these APIs, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and perhaps most importantly, how to employ the best practices for using them.
Hands-on tutorials are also included, along with clear explanations and working code examples. You will grow to take the next step—from writing client-side desktop applications to writing enterprise applications. You will also learn how to use the individual APIs and tools in the J2EE platform, and how to merge these to create your own enterprise applications.
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Leaves out a lot of detail.......2007-09-12
Not happy with this book. The author does not provide enough details on environment configuration, unless you use JBoss. I would stick to Core Servlets by Marty Hall.
Obsolete book.......2007-07-29
I bought this book to learn the newer concepts introduced as part of Java EE 5. This book did'nt meet my expectations, the example code described in the book has already been deprecated and just don't work on Glassfish. The code on the book may be tested to use beta version of Java EE5 reference implementation ! I could'nt figure it out.
Chapters 1-8 good; Chapters 9-14 don't work.......2006-05-27
This book was published too early. By that I mean, Java EE 5 was not finalized so the code examples starting in chapter 9 don't work. Another example is chapter 10 titled EJB Entity Beans. According to the Sun tutorial, Entity Beans have been replaced by the Java Persistence API.
Good but..........2006-04-19
The book is very good until you reach chapter 9, i think the authors made this book with a no ready version of ejb 3.0 spec's.
When i tried to run the examples i couldn?t. I prefered to start the jboss ejb 3.0 tutorial and i think im going to give just a glimpse to the
next chapters to see if something works.
It was good... until chapter 9
Too much too fast!.......2006-03-25
I bought this book to update my self on Java EE 5. However when I come to Chapter 9 and I try to run Jboss session bean samples it seems that things have changed since the moment they wrote the book. And I'm sure specification of EJB3 and JBOss will change until final realease.
I wrote to the authors but I never had an answer to my questions, so it did the experiencie a little bit more frustrating.
I learnt not to buy books of things under development!,
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For the novice programmer with some C# experience and little or no database experience, this is a great book… The intermediate level programmer will also find much useful information…and a foundation for the transition to professional level programmer.
— Kurtis Halvorson (Review originally published by the Denver Visual Studio User Group)
This book picks up where
Beginning ASP.NET: From Novice to Professional left off, focusing on database programming with ASP.NET. As an ASP.NET developer, you probably need to access your databases quickly and efficiently. This book will provide you with the skills to do so, teaching you best practices and methods that will help achieve professional ASP.NET and database solutions.
Beyond the basics of building a Web form and placing a few controls on a page, the most common task required of ASP.NET developers is building a Web site possessing content that is stored in a database. Because general ASP.NET beginner books usually invest so many chapters going through basics, the books don't cover everything involved.
Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional is a complete, thorough introduction to this particular topic. The authors show how you can connect a Web site to many different data sources -- not just databases -- and use the data to dynamically generate page content. They also show how to build a relational database, use SQL to communicate with it, and understand how they differ from each other. You'll learn that you often have several ways to achieve the same task, and you'll find out how to decide which option is the most appropriate for the task you face.
Of course, this kind of knowledge is only as good as the solutions it helps build. The authors cover the real-world issues you're likely to face, such as design, transactions, error handling, optimization and scalability. We work with SQL Server, Jet, and MySQL databases throughout the book, and we point out the practical differences among these. Finally, we set you on your way at the end with a handy case study that brings together all the things you've learned.
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This book carries on where `Beginning ASP.NET with VB' finished, and focuses on the all-important area of database programming with ASP.NET. The vast majority of ASP.NET developers and ASP.NET applications need to access a database quickly and efficiently - it's a huge skill to have as an ASP.NET developer, and this book focuses on this area and shows the expert's voice on the best way to achieve professional ASP.NET and database solutions. All web sites with any depth of content need a database behind them to store, edit and retrieve that information to be displayed on a website. ASP.NET can interact with databases to create websites like this. ASP.NET is a great web development technology for putting small-to-medium businesses onto the web. Its object-oriented architecture and solid database layer (ADO.NET) make it more robust and suited to e-commerce than simple scripting and tag-based solutions like PHP and ColdFusion, but its ease of use and tools support make it much faster to develop with than Java. Using ASP.NET you can easily build scalable, well-structured, extensible websites that you can support a business on. By introducing database programming in depth to ASP.NET programmers, we are introducing a core skill set tutorial that is involved in almost every ASP.NET application of any size.
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Good introductory C# web book, bad title.......2004-11-07
This is good book, but I don't think you will get what you want if you go from just the title alone. The is book is about database drive web applications using C#. There are two whole chapters on the front end ASP.NET layer using web controls and C#. Not that this is bad, mind you. The text is well written, the organization is fine, the graphics and illustrations are well done.
The book starts with an analysis of the architecture of an ASP.NET data-driven web application. It then goes into hooking up your pages to a database server, running commands on the server, and getting data from the server onto pages and editing it. Stored procedures are also covered.
Part three of the book was the best part for me. It starts with some practical advice about web application design that will save you a lot of time and frustration. It concludes with a case study that illustrates the real world use of what you have learned in all of the preceding chapters.
This is an excellent walkthrough of the basics of ASP.NET. If you are looking for an introductory material then you should definitely consider this book.
Great DB help for beginners.......2004-10-28
I have traditionally called myself a Web Designer, meaning that I developed websites in html and some occasional dhmtl. The sites were static in that the pages are not database driven. Except for size, the sites could forever remain in this fashion. They are mostly informational sites, where the basic information does not change, such as a church site or a religious ministry / teaching site.
Size, of course, becomes a major factor. As minor changes or design changes are made, how does one integrate these changes across several hundred pages? This is not a unique issue, just an issue related to these type of sites.
The answer, of course, is to move to a limited number of design pages while moving the content to the database. Most of those who view themselves as web developers (that is those with a programming background) would find this conclusion fairly obvious.
In my situation, the matter was more complicated because one site would ultimately be a PHP / mySQL site while others would be ASP.NET / MS SQL powered. While some might argue for moving all of the sites to one or the other, I had no choice on the PHP site and my personal preference (at least on the front end) was to use ASP.NET. So, off I went in search of instructional materials.
In the midst of this search, I was blessed by Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases. I have found this book to be of major assistance and help because its sole focus in life is to teach the basics of the database side of the problem. While the work focuses on ASP.NET as the programming language, the focus is on the use of the databases.
There is no sole focus on MS SQL, so the information becomes very portable to all programming languages. Most of the other works I encountered desire to teach the programming language first, then, or side-by-side, teach the database usage. In Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases has the benefit of learning about database usage without attempting to focus on both programming and databases at the same time.
The chapters are well organized and easy to read, while the examples are portable to other situations and make actual application easier to undertake. The real world case study (an HTML Reference system) is a pleasant change of pace from the other works, most of which want to delve into content management or yahoo portals.
This is a well written, well thought out work that makes a great addition to one's reference and learning library, especially if one closer to the novice side of the scale.
Good enough - but leaves out some critical areas.......2004-08-29
One of the first books I bought as a classic ASP developer was the former Wrox's "Beginning ASP Databases", which greatly helped me understand the role, relationship and relevance of database systems in modern web applications. I attacked that title with reckless abandon and limited foundation, acquiring a ton of knowledge. It was with this same fervor that I launched into APress' "Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases" - perhaps my over-exuberance, coupled with the fact that I know a lot more now than I did then, led to slight disappointment with this title.
Don't get me wrong, overall this is a great piece of work, and what it does cover it covers very well. But it did leave out some critical areas that one should know as an ASP.NET developer.
I give high marks for the book's breadth of examples with a variety of data stores, such as MSDE, Access, and MySQL, as well as Excel spreadsheets and CSV files. Curiously though, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and XML data sources were left out - I assume because MSDE so closely resembles SQL Server such would be redundant; and arguably describing XML is too tough to succinctly crunch into three paragraphs and then provide a working example.
The scaled choice of database platforms, highlighted by the fact that ASP.NET Web Matrix is featured exclusively as the IDE of choice, leads me to believe that the book's intended audience would be the migratory developer or the first-time ASP.NET coder without access to enterprise-level resources. This is cool, and necessary in today's market, as too many books these days assume a Visual Studio .NET/SQL Server/Windows 2000 Server setup, which obfuscates the hobbyist. The only caveat is that the book's code samples are so married to Web Matrix that the newbie programmer will be lost without it.
The book's case studies are greatly appreciated, and best practices in single-page coding and application design are enforced throughout. The authors make great use of Five Normal Forms (FNF) in the sample projects. The chapter on stored procedures is likewise great, as is the discussion on error handling, and introductory devs will also much from the samples dealing with transactions.
Unfortunately, the phrase "...will not be covered further in this book..." is uttered on too many occasions for topics this I feel are critical knowledge for an ASP.NET developer of any level. Examples of these are largely skipping many of the important members within the System.Data.SqlCommand class (notably the ExecuteXmlReader() method), and only mentioning the SQL GROUP BY and HAVING clauses, without an exhibition of their use in a query. These clauses are critical learning for database programming, and certainly warrant at least a brief example. Tragically, they were mentioned only and then discarded without exhibiting what they do. This was disappointing.
I also didn't see anything about using the SqlCommandBuilder within the text, which is a great topic for beginners, since it's one of the "ignorance is bliss" features of ADO.NET, doing all the work for you behind the scenes, and is a great way to learn SQL syntax. It's therefore the perfect candidate for this book's target audience. I felt this to be an odd omission, given the fact that the DataSet.Update() method was mentioned. For the same reasons, I was offset by the fact that concurrency was left out (in the .NET world, a topic of debatable complexity - some see it as critical learning, others think it's too far advanced for a beginning book).
Nonetheless, the authors both speak clear and concise about the subject matter, all samples feature code that's simple, consistent and non-intimidating, and the use of graphics and illustrations effectively reinforces the concepts. This book makes a great learning tool for a classroom environment, if not a helpful guide for a professional web shop. This book gives you a look at the options available to you and will get you started and give you the tools to get far enough - but doesn't get you all the way there.
A full solution.......2004-08-15
The book is the functional equivalent of the many out there discussing using J2EE to build a dynamical website that is hooked to SQL databases. Foggon and Maharry show how if you are in the Microsoft .NET world, you can do likewise. They give a quick summary of earlier Microsoft efforts, like COM, Data Access Objects and Remote Data Objects. And how ADO 2.0 replaced the latter 2, and in turn is superceded by ADO.NET. The entire book is a not too subtle encouragement to migrate to ASP.NET and C#.
There are solid technical explanations of why it is advantageous to do so. Like the relative ease of hooking to a back end SQL Server database, using high level classes like DataSet to pull stuff from the database, with a minimal knowledge of SQL needed. Then they show how the latest ASP can use this data to make dynamic HTML pages. Much like JSP and Java servlets.
There is even a section on designing a database. Raising issues like normalisation and first and second normal forms. Though if this is new to you, then consider consulting a dedicated book on the subject.
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ItÆs a fact. Those you meet, whether formally or socially, are sources of information and inspiration you can call on. Networking for Novices is your guide to cultivating your network, and shows you how to maintain your list of contacts, stay on top of the latest developments in your field, and use both social and business events to your networking advantage.
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