No choice - a must

Of course this is not a tutorial or introduction of any kind. If you are looking to learn about databases or Java or SQL, look elsewhere. But come back when you are ready to do work!

There are many fine points to JDBC. Sure, the simple stuff is simple, but if you are looking for high reliability or high performance or both, you need to have a thorough understanding of your tools.

You won't find a better book if you are looking to find out exactly how JDBC is supposed to behave.

This book is written by the authors of the JDBC specification. For all intents and purposes, this book IS the JDBC specification.

On my job we treat this book as the JDBC specification. There are a couple of typos here and there, but it does indeed contain a complete description of every JDBC feature.

You will also need an equivalent SQL book to complement this one, because this book is ONLY about JDBC, not SQL. You will also have to reference the ODBC specification at times for some of the more arcane transaction semantics and such. Of course, any real database application is going to involve threads, and there is virtually no discussion of threads in this book, either. This book's singular focus on JDBC is what makes it what it is.

Like most Java books, it is overdue for an upgrade.

Other Reviews

• No choice - a must
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• an exceptionally comprehensive volume
• Mature and stable
• The only JDBC book you will need