books by Rick F. van der Lans (fundamentals introduction performance)

books by Rick F. van der Lans

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4 reviews
Rick F.Van Der Lans

Addison Wesley, 1988

Outstanding
I ordered this book through amazon.com when there where no reviews-- took a chance and did it ever pay off. So now i'm writing a review for the next guy who is looking for a good book to get HANDS-ON sql experience with. You should have some understanding of relational databases and a basic understanding of sql to get the maximum from this book, but that's not necessary, first time sql ...

Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance (IE) with Objects First with Java - A ...

27 reviews
Rick F.Van Der Lans, Ramez Elmasri, ...

Prentice Hall, 2003

Not a good book
I followed this book in my undergraduate studies and what I remember very precisely is that I did not like it. William Stallings's way of writing is always dry, i.e., reader does not feel it interesting to read. This is by far the biggest negative aspect of this book. In addition, it is difficult to follow as well. There are far better options there, the best one is Computer Organization and ...

SQL for MySQL Developers: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference

3 reviews
Rick F. van der Lans

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2007

9 chapters just on SELECT; wow!
Van der Lans offers an impressively thorough education in MySQL 5. It is remarkable how much capability is offered for free in the open source MySQL. The book can also be used to learn generic SQL from scratch. Some early chapters give a quick recap, that should be understandable to an experienced programmer, who does not know SQL. If this describes you, the biggest adjustment to learning it ...