ADO Programming in Visual Basic 6

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Summary: It's a manual not a reference Book !
Review: All the topics covered on the book is the same that you can find on MSDN cd's. The ADO coverage is limited by the objects and a few words about it. Worst.

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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I bought this book hoping to get a good understanding of ADO programming. I have a deep respect for Holzer, and his previous books, but this was a major disappointment.

The book is choppy and poorly written. It reads like an appendix in the back of a users manual. With little instruction, the author simply lists the events and methods of the ADO object.

This book might be useful as a quick reference, but definitely lacks as a teaching tool.

If you are a beginning ADO programmer, I would look elsewhere.

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Summary: Invaluable
Review: I bought this book two years ago. I originally read it cover to cover. However, I still often use it for review.

It is not only well written both from a organziation perspective, but also in content. Examples are complete and ample.

I HIGHLY recommend this book.

DJ

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Summary: Invaluable
Review: I bought this book two years ago. I originally read it cover to cover. However, I still often use it for review.

It is not only well written both from a organziation perspective, but also in content. Examples are complete and ample.

I HIGHLY recommend this book.

DJ

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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: I'd been trying to learn ADO coming from FoxPro 2.6 (the old days). Nothing I'd read tied the topic together as well as this book did. I'd rate it as somewhere between a reference book and a beginner's learning edition. Some pages are taken up with code examples that can be found on the CD. All in all, however, this is the first book I turn to now when I need an answer regarding ADO.

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Summary: ADO Programming in Visual Basic 6
Review: I'd been trying to learn ADO coming from FoxPro 2.6 (the old days). Nothing I'd read tied the topic together as well as this book did. I'd rate it as somewhere between a reference book and a beginner's learning edition. Some pages are taken up with code examples that can be found on the CD. All in all, however, this is the first book I turn to now when I need an answer regarding ADO.

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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: It's nice to see a book focused on ADO programming. The book is most appropriate for more advanced programmers, though. I am a Sr. Programmer and I keep this book nearby for reference, as it contains excellent examples that give me all sorts of coding ideas. There are 2 topics I wish the author had spent more time on though: 1. the architecture of database connectivity, and 2. more on the use of pure code to connect to a database and manipulate recordsets (i.e. the book covers a lot on bound controls, but not as much time is spent on how to use ADO to build/use unbound controls). All said, it really is a good book. Just make sure you already have a good understanding of VB, and databases in general.

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Summary: Good, clear explanations
Review: This book really opened up the world of ADO programming for me. It was concise, but not simple. It really explained the benefits of using ADO. It was insightful, but not too complicated. Not for beginner programmers, though. The format took a little getting used to, but if you read it carefully, this won't be a problem. The CD has code samples, so that is a huge time saver - you wont have to copy the code by hand.

Rating:
Summary: Good, clear explanations
Review: This book really opened up the world of ADO programming for me. It was concise, but not simple. It really explained the benefits of using ADO. It was insightful, but not too complicated. Not for beginner programmers, though. The format took a little getting used to, but if you read it carefully, this won't be a problem. The CD has code samples, so that is a huge time saver - you wont have to copy the code by hand.

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Summary: The only ADO tutorial and reference you'll need
Review: Visual Basic is crammed with tools for ADO programming, andthis book is the guide that makes mastering those tools and everyaspect of ADO programming clear and accessible. I've written many Visual Basic bestsellers, but never one that has focussed on ADO programming in such depth. All you'll need for total ADO mastery is here -- this book is crammed with examples, ADO reference material, practical overviews, discussions of the best ADO techniques, and in-depth treatments. It lays out in detail the difficult topics other books avoid, and also provides a full reference to ADO. And unlike any other similar book, there's a full, in-depth example for each topic covered. There are literally hundreds of ADO topics here, including full coverage of the ADO object model and the Visual Basic database tools, the Visual Data Manager, data environments, data views, database diagrams, data projects, multi-tiered architectures, transactions, data validation, sorting, filtering, and searching recordsets, creating and using disconnected recordsets, creating data objects, creating data source and consumer ActiveX controls, handling recordsets, connections, and commands asynchronously, batch updating, ADO events, persisting recordsets, using Data Source Objects (DSOs) in Web pages, ADO and Active Server Pages (ASP), Remote Data Service (RDS), data shaping, hierarchical recordsets, and more -- far too much to list here. There is an enormous amount of ADO support built into Visual Basic -- if you're doing ADO programming in Visual Basic, this is the book to use (and it's the only one you'll need).