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Summary: Don't make the same mistake I made.
Review: I don't usually buy a computer book before checking out the customer review on the books. This time, I was in the hurry and had no time to check the review, so I wasted $. On the cover, the publisher claims the book is "THE DEFENITIVE PROBLEM SOLVER". Shame on the publisher and the authors. The code in the book doesn't compile. ActiveX components are missing from the CD. In other words, nothing works. The Waite Group, you owe me $+ tax.
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Summary: Don't make the same mistake I made.
Review: I don't usually buy a computer book before checking out the customer review on the books. This time, I was in the hurry and had no time to check the review, so I wasted $. On the cover, the publisher claims the book is "THE DEFENITIVE PROBLEM SOLVER". Shame on the publisher and the authors. The code in the book doesn't compile. ActiveX components are missing from the CD. In other words, nothing works. The Waite Group, you owe me $+ tax.
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Summary: My Bible
Review: I have read other reviews here and I disagree. I find this book incredibly helpful. It will not write your application for you, but it will tell you how to do the details. It has helped me write a major application. I use it as a resource not a learning manual. Once you know DB programming, this book cannot be beat for VB-Access combination
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Summary: This book is ALL you will need
Review: I usually don't write reviews, but this book has helped me so much that I felt a social responsibility to say it. I got a job that involved database and reporting work that evolved into being primarily VB with databases three weeks after I started the job. (Isn't it amazing how job descriptions can change after the hiring is complete?) Anyway, I had to learn fast and accurately to keep the job, and this book provided all I needed to save my job! It was also a great desk reference to troubleshoot when I got stuck down the line. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it to anyone who wants to learn and wants to buy only one book that they can continue to use after they're more comfortable.
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Summary: I need some "Why To" or "When To" with my "How To"
Review: I was looking for a book that explained the differences between and the advantages of the various data access methods available in Visual BASIC 6, and which would guide me through implementing my chosen solution. After working through the first few sections, I'm more confused than ever. Instead of helping you decide which path to follow and then guiding you down it, this book takes the route of saying "Here's something neat" - "Oh - and this is neat too" - "And *this* method is pretty cool" without making it clear (at least to me) whether you're supposed to use them in conjuction with each other or pick one and use it exclusively in a given program. In fact, I moved from the "Bound Controls" to "Data Access Objects" sections without realizing through several examples that these were probably not meant to be mixed together. The examples often seem to say "Do this, then do that" without making clear _why_ you're doing it. I don't know about you, but I can't learn by rote nearly as effectively as I do if I _understand_ why something works the way it does. I keep thinking "Well, maybe it's designed for someone more experienced at VB database programming than I am," but in working through the examples, I get the feeling that someone with much VB database experience would already know most of this stuff. I'll put the book on the shelf and maybe it will be a useful reference once I've got a clearer understanding of the subject, but it hasn't been much help as a beginner's guide.
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Summary: VB 6.0? Where?
Review: In the rash to satisfy the need for VB 6.0 DB development manuals the publisher (and with it the authors) have used the usual trick of repackaging an existing VB 5.0 book with a new cover and a couple of hastily written chapters trying to cover the large number of VB 6.0's new features. The code is useful to understand the technique but often does not compile under VB 6.0 and is written without following bookwide coding conventions. Roger Jennings' VB 6.0 book is a much better buy.
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Summary: Example programs do not compile.
Review: It would be good if the authors would update the example files so that they compile in VB6 and make them available for download. Also, the authors have elected to adopt a very terse narrative style, thus leaving the reader to fend for himself when he can't figure out what the authors mean. So the narrative is cryptic and much of the code that comes with the book does not compile.
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Summary: A VB-5 Rehash
Review: Publishers of computer books are taking the easy way out and reprinting the same stuff again and again - just putting a new title on it. Many of the examples are VB5 code and won't compile under VB6.
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Summary: Doesn't live up to the boasts on the cover
Review: The 1st bullet point on the cover "Increasing the performance of your application with ADO" is inaccurate for this book. There is no mention of the Datagrid, MSHFlexgrid, Data Environment, or SHAPE command in the brief ADO section. Databases, VB and Grids have always gone hand in hand, yet the authors totally ignore the grid with ADO. I must note here that this is not the only book that falls short of actually covering the newer features of VB6. In order to actually make use of these new features we are forced to 'fly by the seat of our pants' while gleaning some insight via MS Knowledge Base and a few books who actually bother to attempt to cover the features. However, this book was not much help.
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Summary: Doesn't live up to the boasts on the cover
Review: The 1st bullet point on the cover "Increasing the performance of your application with ADO" is inaccurate for this book. There is no mention of the Datagrid, MSHFlexgrid, Data Environment, or SHAPE command in the brief ADO section. Databases, VB and Grids have always gone hand in hand, yet the authors totally ignore the grid with ADO. I must note here that this is not the only book that falls short of actually covering the newer features of VB6. In order to actually make use of these new features we are forced to 'fly by the seat of our pants' while gleaning some insight via MS Knowledge Base and a few books who actually bother to attempt to cover the features. However, this book was not much help.
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