Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide

by Cary Jensen and Loy Anderson

Book Overview

Advantage Database Server: A Developer's Guide Cary Jensen, Ph.D. Loy Anderson, Ph.D. This comprehensive developer's guide to Advantage Database Server shows you how to build high-performance, low... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142597726X
• ISBN13: 9781425977269
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent reference to ADS for new and existing ADS Devel

I have been using the Advantage Database Server for many years and swear by its stability, performance and ease-of-use. "The Official Guide" is an excellent reference to all that ADS has to offer for both new and seasoned ADS Developers. This reference dispels the myths associated with ISAM databases and explains why ADS is fast, reliable and virtually maintenance-free when compared to other SQL-based engines. It is also an excellent reference to those higher level functions not normally associated with ISAM databases such as SQL queries, data dictionaries, triggers, stored procedures, cursor views, referential integrity and transactions. Finally, the reference also details the new features released in v7.0 such as FTS (Full Text Search).I recommend "The Official Guide" to anyone currently deploying, or interested in deploying, ADS applications. I would also recommend it to those looking for a detailed explanation of a fast, reliable and low maintenance alternative to SQL databases.

Advantage Database Server

I have been using Advantage Database Server (ADS) for several years with clipper, then VO, and finally Delphi. There is an abundance of useful information about ADS and its various tools throughout this book. The book also explains the new version 7 features very well. I have only been using the Data Dictionary for about a year, and much of what I struggled for weeks to figure out is well documented and explained in this book. For me, the SQL chapters were also especially useful, as I do not as yet have a firm grasp on the finer details of SQL. If you are new to ADS or you want to learn more about it, this book is a good place to start. It will be an excellent reference tool for me now, but I wish it had been available when I first began using ADS.

An AWESOME book for beginners and experts alike!

I'm a long time user of ADS, and consider myself somewhat of an expert in the area. Therefore, I was absolutely AMAZED that I learned so many new things from this book - it was truly an enlightening experience. The authors have done an incredible job explaining the overall concepts and technical details of the Advantage Database Server and its usage. I'm sure this book will be a big help to both beginner, intermediate and expert users. I intend to have this book in my reference library for a very long time. HIGHLY recommended.

Oh my! It's all in there...

I have been using Advantage (with Clipper then Delphi) since 1995. It's great to finally have an Advantage book from one of the heavyweights in the Delphi world. The book lays out all of the features and tools for Advantage in a manner that is easy and logical to follow. I plan on upgrading my applications to Advantage 7 to make use of the Database Dictionary, Referential Integrity, Stored Procedures and Triggers. This book has given me the knowledge on how to approach the upgrade. Also, I really found the chapter "Using ADS from Delphi" - 'Admin Operations' section to be quite helpful to me.

Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide is a WINNER!

I have been working with Advantage Database Server for several years. Many of our customers have (and are still) using Advantage 5.x. We are planning to use some of the newer features of Advantage in our 2004 release and upgrading our customers to ADS 7. This book came at the perfect time as we seek to understand data dictionaries, stored procedures, triggers, and other features that were not available in older versions of Advantage. This book is a life saver and has taught me so much about this powerful database server. I particularly find useful the chapter on the ADS .NET data provider.