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Query: Good start, but failed miserably

The book had a good start, starting off with a quick beginner-style intro into databases, but focused mostly on PostgreSQL. It was all downhill from there. There were COUNTLESS typos and syntax problems in the example applications. This book does NOT tell you how to create a good web application. If you already know how to do that in ASP, it tells you how to do it in PHP. If you're not experienced with ASP or any other server-side DB language (cold fusion), and you're looking to get into DB apps on the web w/PHP3 - do NOT buy this book - it will be a waste of your money.