Review

After reading a beginner ASP book and acquiring a good foundation in ASP, "Beginning ASP Databases" is the next logical step to take. This book is for web programmers who wish to take their web pages to a new level by incorporating databases into their web applications. Some basic knowledge of databases such as Access is assumed.
The book is very clearly written and is packed with what all programmers look for in a good programming book, excellent code samples which you can use in your own future applications. Author John Kauffman will teach you how to install and configure ASP and ADO, work with recordsets, SQL, ADO, the various ASP commands and connections, databases and cookies, stored procedures, error handling, database performance, and more.
What makes this book different is that it's been written by an experienced programmer who is also a teacher. John Kauffman has taught over a thousand students in classrooms and online courses over the past ten years. His teaching background quickly becomes evident once you begin reading his book.
"Beginning ASP Databases" is an excellent must have book for all ASP developers looking to add database functionality to their web pages.
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Why Use ASP and ADO to Put Your Database on the Web?
Chapter 2: Setting Up ASP and ADO
Chapter 3: Simple Recordsets - Reading Data
Chapter 4: Basic SQL for ADO Recordsets
Chapter 5: More Uses for Simple Recordsets
Chapter 6: Connections
Chapter 7: Behind the Scenes of ADO
Chapter 8: Recordset Parameters
Chapter 9: Recordset Methods and Properties
Chapter 10: SQL Statements to Modify Data
Chapter 11: Databases and Cookies
Chapter 12: The Errors Collection
Chapter 13: Command Object
Chapter 14: Stored Procedures and Passing Parameters
Chapter 15: Irregular Data
Chapter 16: ADO Tips and Tricks
Chapter 17: Performance Testing and Performance Improvements

Case Study: The Sailors Case Study

Appendix A: Structure of Sailors.mdb
Appendix B: Structure of Clothier.mdb
Appendix C: Profile.mdb Database Schema
Appendix D: Creating a Sailors Database in SQL Server
Appendix E: Active Server Pages Object Model
Appendix F: Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.0 Library Reference
Appendix G: VBScript Reference

Index

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