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Net Success; Christina Ford Haylock (Editor), Len Muscarella, Steve Case, Hardcover, 320 pages, May 1999; Rs.1057.50. ISBN 1580621147

Net Success gives you the inside details on what works and what doesn't on the Web. Straight from the horses' mouth, 24 successful e-commerce pioneers are featured here. These individuals made their Web ventures work despite heavy odds of competition, ever-changing markets and technology. Each of them shares their insights on important aspects of e-commerce. Starting with the significant social trends, which will affect and push the growth of Internet commerce to taking advantage of the situation. The book also discusses e-commerce successes and business models, which are ideal for online ventures, right from financial services to travel. You might just place your bets on the new ideas in online advertising, direct marketing and public relations, found in the book. There are also tips on using the Web to increase the efficiency and communication inside your company.

Mastering SQL, Martin Gruber; Paperback; 976 pages, January 2000; Rs.314.10. ISBN 8176562300

Mastering SQL is an update and expansion of Martin Gruber's previous book, Understanding SQL. SQL is undoubtedly the only universal database language. Every database programmer and administrator has to have some knowledge of it. What this book has, which Understanding SQL does not is an introduction to SQl99, SQLJ and a wholly integrated statement reference. You can get started on SQL code with this book. The CD which accompanies the book offers some of the best SQL compilers.

Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA, 2nd Edition; Dan Harkey (Editor), Robert Orfali; Paperback; 1072 pages, March 1998; Rs.585.00. ISBN 8173660387

If you intend to work on CORBA (Common Object Request Brokerage Architecture), do pick up this book. Most other CORBA books are judged by the standard it has set. The book keeps the Object Web as it objective. It is a computing phenomenon, where the Internet comprises code modules, which users can customise for themselves. And Orfali and Harkey explain CORBA around this concept.

This book is probably the best resource on CORBA. It starts with a comparison of the client/server architectures of Java and CORBA. It then moves to the dynamic invocations of CORBA objects. You will also find a section (with a comparison table) on the trade-offs involved in selecting amongst sockets, HTTP/CGI, remote method invocation (RMI), and CORBA/IIOP. The relative advantages and disadvantages of the two- and three-tier database query systems under JDBC are discussed. In the concluding section, you will find a wholly implemented client/server transaction-handling system.

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