Provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of database processing, and incorporates all of the most current technologies on the market COMPLETE * CLEAR * CURRENT COMPLETE * Extensive discussions address publishing database applications with Internet technology and using both Active Server Pages and Java Server Pages * In-depth discussions of the relational model, normalization, and extensive SQL for both data definition and data manipulation * Thorough coverage of database modeling and design using both the entity-relationship and semantic object models CLEAR * Lucid descriptions and examples of modern DBMS products including Access 2002, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL * The companion website at www.prenhall.com/kroenke, provides easy navigation to exercises in Tabledesigner, drag-and-drop database design tool, and interactive study guide questions that drive home the chapter objectives CURRENT * Up-to-date coverage of data warehousing, data marts, and OLAP * Presentation and discussion of important standards including DHTML, XML (including XML Schema), ODBC, and JDBC * Discussions of object- oriented database processing that feature both SQL3 and Oracles object-relational capabilities Study and Succeed with David Kroenke's Database Processing 8/e & Web site: www. prenhall.com/kroenke |
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27 of 34 found the following review helpful:
 Expensive, but better than its competitorsMay 11, 2005
By Gene B. Chase
Price over $130? Whew! But Kroenke's text is comparable in price (when purchased new) with its major competitor, Hoffer, Prescott, and McFadden's 7th edition (HPM), with which I will compare Kroenke's text below. (HPM is by the same publisher; eventually all textbooks will be sold by only one publisher!) To help with the price, I will not ask my students to buy a supplementary text for the database we choose to use, but will provide a few on library reserve.
Kroenke's text is geared more to the computer science major than to the business information systems major. For example, Kroenke recognizes that mySQL is now industrial strength, and so includes a discussion of it. For example, HPM is 700 pages of fine print, busy diagrams, and wordy explanations some of which talk down to the student ("A 'term' is a word or phrase that has a specific meaning for the business"). Kroenke's is 675 open, clearly written, succinct pages. At my college there is a sequence of courses for databases, another sequence for software engineering, and a third sequence for system analysis. HPM tries to do some of all of three of these topics, thereby diffusing a database focus. Kroenke's text by contrast is focused. In fact, the apparently comparable length to HPM is misleading, because which end chapters you read in Kroenke depends on the database you choose.
As the publisher's blurb says, Kroenke made a wise decision to introduce (easy) SQL early. And I add that Kroenke continues to introduce hard SQL later, such as nested EXISTS for the computer science major. HPM introduces SQL later, and only the easy parts.
XML is becoming increasingly important to database users. Kroenke's treatment of XML is adequate; HPM's treatment is cursory.
The chief advantage of HPM over Kroenke is the consistent use of a really excellent Mountain View Community Hospital project from beginning to end, providing continuity and depth.
I have been using Kroenke since the first edition. (I missed only the second and ninth editions.) So this is a biased review, in which it is hard for me to shake my history of good experience with previous editions.
I am among those sad to see that Kroenke's Semantic Object model didn't catch on, but given that it didn't, I'm glad that he finally relegated it to an appendix.
I am glad that Kroenke's text can be purchased for only $8 more with a CD containing Oracle or SQL Server, although I will use mySQL.
In short, I'm still a member of the Kroenke fan club.
--Gene Chase
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Miserable BookFeb 19, 2003
I have to agree with the negative reviews so far. This book is a nightmare! I'm currently using this book for class.
The author contradicts himself not only from chapter to chapter but within individual paragraphs.
He spends entirely too much time on simple ideas and breezes through complex ones.
I find myself reading through paragraphs thinking, "Oh, he's still talking about that? Why is he still taking about that?"
Then the next paragraph, "What the hell is he talking about!?"
His sentences are wordy and complicated. He has forgotten the basic structure of the English sentence. That being: Stick to one subject per each, please. Throughout these verbose outbursts, he combines terms that are so similar they cause confusion. As an example:
"The physical description of a semantic object domain is just a reference to the semantic object description."This gem of a sentence is halfway through Chapter Four. However, since this book is so poorly thought out and written, I still don't know what any of those terms mean or refer to.
If I knew what he was talking about, I would rewrite that sentence. However, I don't. So I've given up reading and am now writing a scathing review. What does that tell you?
Thankfully, there are many figures scattered throughout the book to attempt to clarify what the author can't seem to. Unfortunately, none of the figures being refered to are ever on the same page. The student must read the sentence, flip the page, try to remember what the author was rambling about, flip back, ... you get the point. All in all, this is the most miserable textbook I have ever read. And perhaps one of the most overpriced. At "this cost", not only do expect this book to basically read itself, I would expect it to teach me through osmosis while I sleep.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Good but lacks proper layoutMay 09, 1999
This is really not a critique of the material in the text since I consider it adequate as a beginners guide to database concepts. Due to my limited experience with database texts I cannot comment more on the actual material, but having read many other technical texts, I can say that the material and the examples provided are laid out poorly. The text will explain a concept, but if you are truly new to this subject, you will find yourself repeatedly flipping back and forth by a few pages to the examples and diagrams that they refer to. Correct this problem for the next edition and all's well.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Author Knows, The rest of us guessFeb 15, 2002
This book in its 8th edition still lacks clearity. I have a copy of the 7th edition also. Whats wrong with this book:
1. Chapters are too wordy, examples fail to fully clearify what the author is trying to convey. 2. End of chapter questions have no solutions to review questions/problems to verify readers understanding of material.
Companion web site is weak also.
Author offers no real RE-Enforcement of topic. 3. Seems to rely on instructors to clear up text material.
Which in my opinion is a very bad mistake. 4. I had to search out other resources for re-enforcement and claification of material. 5. The author writes a whole appendix B section on a software product that covers designing databases(that I will never use). I think if the author would have taken the time to do that for chapters 3 and 4. One read through would have been enough.
Bottom line if you have to read a chapter more than twice to understand what the author is trying to convey. Then its not worth reading and a waste of time. Technology curve is at a 6 month change over, you no longer have 2 years to learn a subject.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Good book for beginners.Mar 31, 1997
I was a beginner on the subject Database Principles and the
course I had taken recommended this book to be followed.
At first I was skeptical about the book but after the quarter heat caught-up, this book proved to be of immense support for the database course. I recommend this book without any reservations. This is one of the best books I have read on this topic.
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