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Store See larger picture Building Database Driven Flash Applications by Darin Beard and Noel Jerke - Apress List Price: $49.99 Price at Amazon.com: $40.45 (Save 19%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Shipping rates and policies Average Customer Review: Based on 9 reviews. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 630008 Product Description Provides complete application solutions, out-of-the-box, that are ready for use by the reader Examples on multiple technology platforms including ASP, ASP .NET, SQL Server, and Access Building Database-Driven Flash Applications demonstrates how the capabilities of Flash programming can be combined with Web back-end databases directly, without an intermediate layer of programming. Techniques for utilizing Flash presentation capabilities with the power of back-end databases are covered in step-by-step detail. Techniques and complete out-of-the-box solutions that are ready to be utilized immediately are presented. Summary of Content: Part One Setting Up the Environment Chapter 1: Introducing Flash MX Chapter 2: Setting Up the Web Server and Database Environment Chapter 3: Creating Your First Flash Application Chapter 4: Adding ActionScript to Your Flash Application Part Two Creating Sample Solutions Chapter 5: Building a Flashy Online Poll Engine Chapter 6: Building a Nontrivial Trivia Game Chapter 7: Building Calendars in a Flash Chapter 8: Building Graphical Reports Featured Customer Reviews Competent code but poorly explained., March 27, 2006 There is much talk here about the good and bad points of this book. Strangley, everyone either loves it or hates it when the truth is that it's not good enough to love nor bad enough to hate. The authors know exactly what they are talking about, there's no doubt. But I think therein lies the problem because the explanation of the code examples is almost non-existent. So, if you are looking to learn the principles of connecting Flash to a data-base, then this isn't for you. The examples in this book are of excellent quality but, unless they are EXACTLY what you're looking for, customising them may prove tricky without an explanation of what each piece of code does. Other problems include frequent typos in the book and the constant switching from asp.net to asp and from SQL to Access. In fairness to the authors, their code example on parsing an XML document took my thinking in a direction that I would never before have considered but, in order to understand it, I had to go out and buy "The Flash 8 Bible"! So, my final word is, this book is not suitable as a single resource to learn the subject, but the examples are well rounded and the approach sound. To avoid disappointment, order it alongside a book that will help you to understand the principles laid out in the code examples (The Flash 8 Bible is a good start because its chapter on parsing an XML document is a simplified - and fully explained - version of the one in this book). I love this book, March 25, 2004 I understood Flash and vb.net, but I never really could grasp how to put the two together. I really like the way this book shows me how. It's easy to understand, but not so remedial that I didn't learn. Awesome examples also. Great Job. Fantastic and Easy to Follow Examples, March 25, 2004 This book is chocked full of great examples. The sample code alone is a VERY usefull and worth the money that the book costs. It's for the beginning and intermediate Flash and ADO.NET person alike. It even goes into to detail about setting up your program and application delivery envoirnment. Very complete resource. The complaints I see from other reviewers shows me their limited knoweledge of Flash, .NET, and Action Scripting and it's use it the real world. I have a hard time believing any of them read this book. I believe they are here promoting their own agenda. Useful Techniques, March 19, 2004 I found this book very useful. It shows how to make the connection between flash and databases. Contrary to a couple of the reviews, I was able to use their example with SQL Server 2000 and ASP.Net. It showed me how to integrate flash easily into my user interface. My only gripe with the book is that it seems they cover to many technologies (ASP, ASP.net, Access, SQL). I can kind of understand why they did that, but I would have like more depth on my technologies. Very little of Flash, March 18, 2004 This joke of a book is surely for people who want to use .NET. Totally agree with the reviewer who criticized this book. Not worth buying at all. There are much better books on .NET. If you are looking for Flash programming look elsewhere. This book is a waste of time and money. Most of the database work is being done by .NET and Flash is used only to make do some silly poor quality graphics. It is indeed a misnomer. Dealing with databases, Flash and .NET is certainly not the authors' cup of tea. The author needs to gain more experience in Flash/Database before attempting to write another book. You might also be interested in these items... Foundation ASP.NET for Flash (Foundation) Foundation XML for Flash (Foundation) Flash Application Design Solutions: The Flash Usability Handbook (Solutions) Foundation PHP 5 for Flash (Foundation) AdvancED ActionScript Components: Mastering the Flash Component Architecture (Advanc)