Excellent for JDBC, Poor for JNDI and JAXP

I came to Amazon looking for good books on JNDI and JAXP. So when I found this book that was supposed to cover both of these topics, I was quite pleased and bought it. Unfortunately, what I found out is that there is one chapter on JNDI, one chapter on JAXP, one chapter on EJB, and the other 16 chapters are on JDBC. I found the JNDI coverage to be acceptable, but certainly very short, and lacking in some areas. I found the JAXP coverage to be almost useless.
Although I know JDBC well, I figured I might as well read the rest of the book to recover some value from my purchase. I was surprised to find that the JDBC chapters were excellent. I learned many new things that I did not know about JDBC. Overall, I would say that this is the best JDBC coverage I've seen in any book.
So, if you're looking for a JDBC book I believe you'll be extremely pleased with this book. For just the JDBC section, I would give the book a perfect 5 rating.
However, if you are looking for a JAXP or JNDI book I believe you will be quite disappointed. For those topics I would give the book a 2 rating.

Other Reviews

• Not perfect, but a great find
• Excellent for JDBC, Poor for JNDI and JAXP
• An Effective Tutorial, a Solid Guidebook, and a Great Read