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Title: Principles of Transaction Processing by Philip Bernstein, Eric Newcomer ISBN: 1-55860-415-4 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Clearly written, understandable intro to a complex subject
Comment: Transaction processing is a daunting topic, and this is one of the few books that provides the basics in a clear, understandable manner without overwhelming the reader. Most of the book is focused solely on transaction processing, but it touches on queuing as well, which makes it the ideal first book for anyone who is seeking details that extend beyond pure TP.
I like the way that the authors use real products to reinforce key points made throughout the book. While some of the products are no longer mainstream (indeed, some were never mainstream), the fact that real world implementations are used makes the information realistic. If you are using CICS, MQSeries, Tuxedo or similar products this book will have even more value. I also like the way difficult topics, such as locking, high availability and database recovery are given entire chapters because these topics need to be thoroughly understood in order to completely understand transaction processing.
After reading this book you will be armed with sufficient knowledge to make intelligent choices in selecting the right approach for transaction processing in a system design, or to understand the nuts and bolts of any TPM that you are supporting. I also agree with Cem Kaner's earlier comments that this book is an ideal resource for software test professionals who need to understand the entire environment that they will be testing. If you want to go deeper into TP, I recommend "Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control" by Gerhard Weikum and Gottfried Vossen, which drills much further down into the details of both transaction processing and queuing systems.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book on this subject
Comment: This book was used by some of us, with different back grounds. All us felt the book very useful and knowledgable.
Rating: 5
Summary: clear, concise and practical
Comment: I have been using this book in the advanced undegraduate class series on Transaction Processing. Since this book, as emphasised in the preface has eveolved from the class material, it is exemplerary suited for that purpose. But not only in academia, this book has enought coverage to provide a first reference point in such topics as TP monitors, queue design, locking solutions, HA and recovery in databases, 2PC. Additionally, VERY usefull (if somewhat dated) industry survey of Transaction Monitors (this will really benefit to the other edition perhaps including app servers and EJBs). Highly recommended.
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Title: Web Services by Gustavo Alonso, Fabio Casati, Harumi Kuno, Vijay Machiraju ISBN: 3540440089 Publisher: Springer Verlag Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Transaction Processing : Concepts and Techniques by Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter ISBN: 1558601902 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
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Title: Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control by Gerhard Weikum, Gottfried Vossen ISBN: 1558605088 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 24 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $83.95 |
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Title: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler ISBN: 0321127420 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Principles of Distributed Database Systems (2nd Edition) by M. Tamer Ozsu, Patrick Valduriez ISBN: 0136597076 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 19 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $86.00 |
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