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Title: Beginning Java Databases ISBN: 1861004370 Price: $ 39.99 £ 31.99 C$ 59.95 © Wrox Press, Ltd.

Beginning Java Databases

What does this book cover?

• Using the JDBC API to build database-driven Java applications
• Introduction to new JDBC 3.0 features
• SQL and relational database design
• Object-relational mapping frameworks and techniques
• Debugging your application and logging its activities
• Applying Java and JDBC skills in a J2EE environment
• Integrating XML into you Java database applications

Book overview

Java has evolved into a robust, high performance programming language that is well suited to a range of different environments, be it on a middle tier Application Server or a client browser. Regardless of the architecture of your application you are using, it will almost certainly need to make use of data that is stored in some form of database. Relational databases are the data store of choice in the vast majority of businesses, and have also evolved enormously over the recent years, into powerful and feature-rich data management systems.

This book aims to teach you how to use these two powerful technologies to build successful Java database applications. You will find out how relational databases work and how you can use them in your Java programs, through the JDBC interface. You will see how to apply your new skills in an enterprise environment and by the end will be building sophisticated web-enabled Java database applications that incorporate other technologies, such as XML.

Who is this book for?

This book is ideal for the programmer who has a reasonable grasp of the fundamentals of the Java language, and is now looking to apply and improve these skills in building database-driven Java applications. If you are relatively new to Java, then the explanations in the text should allow you to grasp all of the fundamental issues discussed, especially if you are migrating from another language such as C or C++.

Summary of Contents

Introduction		1
Setting Up	Your Java Environment	9
Chapter 1:	Relational Databases and Java	15
Chapter 2:	Basic JDBC Techniques	35
Chapter 3:	SQL Queries and Data Manipulation	73
Chapter 4:	Creating Tables and Modifying Data with SQL	131
Chapter 5:	Relational Database Design Concepts	149
Chapter 6:	Case Study: Designing the Music Store Database	187
Chapter 7:	Overview of JDBC Application Development	223
Chapter 8:	Connecting to a Database	259
Chapter 9:	Using Statements and ResultSets	295
Chapter 10:	Using Meta Data	333
Chapter 11:	Using Rowsets	353
Chapter 12:	Prepared Statements	377
Chapter 13:	Callable Statements and Stored Procedures	419
Chapter 14:	Transactions	449
Chapter 15:	Object-Relational Mapping Concepts	489
Chapter 16:	Using an Object-Relational Mapping Framework	517
Chapter 17:	Debugging and Logging	591
Chapter 18:	JDBC DataSources	631
Chapter 19:	J2EE and Java Database Applications	665
Chapter 20:	Exporting Relational Data to XML	719
Chapter 21:	Using XSLT	759
Chapter 22:	The Model-View-Controller Framework	801
Appendix A:	Connecting to the Music Store Database	875
Appendix B:	Installing the JBoss Application Server and Tomcat Web Container	897
Appendix C:	XML Primer	913
Appendix D:	Support, Errata, and p2p.wrox.com	957
Index		963

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