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Summary: Couldn't make heads or tails of the Microsoft Doc.
Review: I got VB6 and thought I could read the MS manuals to learn how to program databases. I read them cover to cover. Boy, was I mistaken. Then I found Connell's book. It shows the ins and outs of database programming with VB in a very easy to understand way. For me, anyway, this is a 'must have' and I bet this book will probably become a classic VB text.
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Summary: A great beginners book but too many bugs
Review: I give really high marks on Mr. connell's teaching style i have a much greater understanding of classes, which i can now implement in my own projects. He is also a very effective salesman of DAO and devotes around 500 pages of this 800 page book to that technology, however he does give us enough training to convert any dao project to the newer ado. I have to give low marks in 2 areas 1. the index is very small and i started building my own as i went through the book, 2.the programs are buggy, the premiere dao project "the address book" had several bugs which caused the program to not function and when i stepped through the code line by line i found 15 - 20 lines of code that did nothing. Some of the bugs i can remember were: the tree control crashed if a non-alphabet character was entered as the first letter of the last name, when you tried to add more then one call type you get a run-time error, when deleting a call type it didnt delete corresponding notes, improperly formatted birthday date field caused a crash, couldnt save a new call type when editing it, and although not a bug it was irritating not being able to edit a logged call or print a report etc. these bugs were in the downloaded source code. even with the negatives I recomend the book highly for the beginner.
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Summary: This helped me with our Intranet
Review: Our company is putting in a corporate intranet and we needed some info from our human resoources database to be rendered in a browser. Connell's book showed my how to do this in not one, but two ways. Using ASP or writing a .DLL to grab the data and convert the ourput to HTML. Then I place the results in a public dir and our company can see the results in a browser. Way cool.
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Summary: A must read for anyone beginning with VB
Review: I have read many computer programming books over the years and this one ranks among the very best I've ever read.John's style of writing is very similar to what you would expect in a classroom. Plenty of explanations of WHY he is doing something the way he is. Also plenty of "WATCH OUT FOR'S" in the book. His examples start out with a simple project and evolve into a "bullet proof" little Application. Very well done John. My only criticism of the book lies with the publisher. I wish they would provide the code examples on a CD included with the book. They offer the code at their website, but I much prefer to have it available without going to the net. Carl Provost
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Summary: I'm using the Address Book Program
Review: I read this book and built the address book database project. I'm using this program for tracking customer calls to my small business. This is great. Before reading this I didn't really understand how to program databases. And I got many ideas on how to enhance the program even further - when I get the time.
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Summary: The best VB database book for instruction on DAO and ADO.
Review: This book gives the you a great structural fundation for DAO and ADO database contruction. All of its examples and diagrams are easy to follow. Advance VB users will this book a useful reference resource especially for data mining and integrating ADO with Active Server Pages (ASP). The only problem is that working sample code does not come with the book but does come online.
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Summary: Beginning VBDB Covers all the bases
Review: I must disagree with a few of the opinions here. Having just finished reading this book, I can say that the content covers all of the important fundamentals of VB6 for databases - and then some. John Connell's book is an entry level book, as the title clearly explains. Connell is a master at presenting very abstract concepts, such as table structure and normalization in a clear and meaningful way. It is a welcomed addition to my bookshelf. I guess you can't please everyone with a single book on databases. Tomes have been writtin on the subject. And by the way, this is a tome. My advice - READ the TITLE! It says Beginning. It's an excellent book. You can't go wrong if you want to learn about databases and VB.
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Summary: A great DAO,ADO,HTML,DLL, UDA acrynom soup book
Review: I have read a few reviewers negative comments and frankly am confused. This book contains so much information that it is creaking at the seams. The author is clear, concise, and covers all of the current database technology at a fast pace. And he does a hell of a job showing real world examples. After reading this book, it is very hard to imagine anyone doing a better job covering so much critical information in only 850 pages. I guess you can't please everyone, but I for one think this is one of the top two VB books I have ever read. Well, that's my vote.
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Summary: A Great starter for anyone wanting to I/F VB to databases
Review: This book provides a good grounding into the fundamental aspects of developing a solid user front end to any database applications. All of the latest techniques that come with VB6 are covered from ADO through SQL to the latest in active X ADO and ASP techniques. This book uses a good example throughout (address book) that all readers will understand and John shows you professional programming techniques in a well written beginners book.
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Summary: A step-by-step book but helpless
Review: If you know only a little of VB, this book won't help. If you want to know how ADO and real programming, it does not help, either. This book is full of step-by-step screen snapshots and hardly to retrieve useful information. It makes you feel programming in VB is simple, but you go nowhere once you tried to extend the program generated by wizards.
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