When using software products with graphical interfaces, we frequently focus so much
on the details of how to use the interface that we forget about the more general
concepts that allow us to understand and put the software to effective use. This is
particularly true of a powerful database product like Microsoft Access. Novice, and
sometimes even experienced, programmers are so concerned with how something is done
in Access that they often lose sight of the general principles that underlie their
database applications.
Access Database Design & Programming, 2nd Edition, an update to the bestselling
first edition, features:
* A discussion of Access' new VBA Integrated Development Environment, which, for the
first time, is the one used by Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
* An expansion of the discussion of the VBA language itself, in response to reader
requests
* A discussion of Microsoft's latest data access technology, called Active Data
Objects (or ADO), along with a discussion of Open Database Connectivity(ODBC), which
is intimately connected with ADO
Unlike other Access books that take the long, detailed approach to every topic of
concern to Access programmers, this book focuses instead on the core concepts,
enabling programmers to develop solid, effective database applications. As a result,
important topics such as designing forms and reports, database security, database
replication, and programming for multiuser applications are simply not discussed.
This book is a kind of "second course" in Access that provides a relatively
experienced Access user who is new to programming with the frequently overlooked
techniques necessary to successfully develop in the Microsoft Access environment.
Anyone interested in learning Access in-depth, rather than just scraping the
surface, will enjoy and immensely benefit from reading this book.
Although this book is really an introduction directed to intermediate Microsoft
Access users who are novice programmers, it should appeal to all levels of Access
developers. For novice programmers, it focuses on a key body of knowledge that is
typically neglected, but is nevertheless essential for developing effective database
applications. For intermediate and advanced developers, its treatment of database
design and queries provides a handy treatment that otherwise has to be gleaned from
relatively uninteresting textbooks, while its programming chapters constitute a
handy reference to some basic operations that can be performed using DAO or the
Access object model.
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