Beginning ASP Databases - Softcover

Kauffman, John; Willis, Thearon; Spencer, K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861002726 ISBN 13: 9781861002723

Publisher: WROX Press Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Microsoft created Active Server Pages (ASP) to sew together a group of technologies for creating modern web sites, which can intelligently interact with the user at the front end and with servers and datastores at the back end. Among these technologies is ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), which allows easy, powerful and robust control of technologies that access datastores. This book explains the theory and practice of using ADO with ASP by presenting numerous examples, exercises, lists of common errors and quizzes. The emphasis is on the authors' proven teaching techniques and the presentation of the most commonly used features of ADO in ASP. If you read each chapter and do the exercises you will have a portfolio of several dozen data-intensive web pages of increasing complexity a fine return on your investment.

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Review

As a tutorial, Beginning ASP Databases offers an entry point to one of the most crucial aspects of Microsoft oriented web development--database integration with Active Server Pages. In Beginning ASP Databases, a trio of authors covers the basics of working with databases from ASP--especially using ActiveX Database Objects (ADO).

The book is quite substantive in content but is written in a somewhat light-hearted style that makes readers new to the technology comfortable. The authors begin with a discussion of the benefits of ASP and ADO and then explain how to configure the technology on the various flavours of Windows. From there, they show how to access databases using ADO, demystify how it all works and focus on several key areas including debugging, SQL and stored procedures.

Plenty of code examples are included and each is captioned well with step-by-step explanations. Exercises and quizzes also complement the material. Throughout the book the authors identify some quite useful techniques to employ and traps to watch for--nuggets of knowledge that will set new ASP programmers on the right track. A lengthy case study ties it all together with a real world example.

If you're planning on building web sites on the Microsoft platform, ASP/ADO database access knowledge is essential. This fine guide offers a smooth way to get up to speed. --Stephen W Plain, Amazon.com

Topics covered: ADO/OLE DB architecture, SQL, record sets, databases and cookies, error handling, Command object, stored procedures, irregular data handling, performance testing and tuning.

From the Publisher

Online discussion of the topics in this book available at Wrox's P2P site.

The publication is well suited to the following groups Readers of Beginning Active Server Pages 2.0 who want to make the next logical step and connect web sites to datastores. Programmers from the database community who now want to implement their solutions with a Web interface. These folks have plenty of experience with database programming, but want to translate that knowledge into ADO solutions in ASP pages.

Web designers with an education in graphics design or word processing and some sense of programming. These people can benefit from the book by learning how to take their visually appealing sites and give them the business power of database connectivity.

Edition details

• Publisher: WROX Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1861002726
• ISBN 13: 9781861002723
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 844