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Alison Balter's Mastering Access 2002 Enterprise Development

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Every one is entitled to his/her opinion, but truth of the matter is that Alison Balter has done full justice to MS Access Development in both of her recently published books. In her first Access 2002 Development, she discussed in detail stand alone and some aspects of client-Server technology issues for beginners as well as advanced users (automating projects using VBA with real life code examples). Access 2002 Enterprise Development edition is more for Client/Server Applications. While SQL Server and Oracle are most widely used back-end databases, it is logical to talk about them more than any thing else. The purpose is to understand the concept and be able to handle issues for whatever backend database you maybe encountered with.
I have worked with databases over 20 years and I feel very strongly that anyone working with MS Access as an ordinary user or a serious developer should read her both books. I had to write this note seeing Mr. McConrmick review, which is detrimental to the writer's sincere efforts for helping developers and Access users in general.

Every one is entitled to his/her opinion, but truth of the matter is that Alison Balter has done full justice to MS Access Development in both of her recently published books. In her first Access 2002 Development, she discussed in detail stand alone and some aspects of client-Server technology issues for beginners as well as advanced users (automating projects using VBA with real life code examples). Access 2002 Enterprise Development edition is more for Client/Server Applications. While SQL Server and Oracle are most widely used back-end databases, it is logical to talk about them more than any thing else. The purpose is to understand the concept and be able to handle issues for whatever backend database you maybe encountered with.
I have worked with databases over 20 years and feel very strongly that anyone working with MS Access as an ordinary user or a serious developer should read her both books. I had to write this note seeing Mr. McConrmick review, which is detrimental to the writer's sincere efforts for helping developers and Access users in general.

Because of budget constraints, most of what I know I got from books, junior college night classes, and every day work experience. I only mention this because I want you to know I really appreciate a good, affordable source of information. Like most Access programmers, I have bought books like those written by the "L-G-G Trinity." They are outstanding reference works that I can understand after only four or five readings. I wouldn't want to be without them. But I sometimes lose my way when these clever guys make the jump to light speed, and I am not even strapped in yet. They occasionally hurt my feelings when they refer to an example as "simple" when I have spent two hours mulling over the code. I don't mean this as criticism. Heck it would be a privilege to even meet these guys. But I am very, very glad that we have a writer like Alison Balter.
Somehow she pitches things at just the right level of complexity and at a rate that most of us can easily understand. And the content is immediately applicable to my work. I am trying to move from MDBs linked to SQL Server using ODBC toward ADPs. If you are in a similar situation, read this book first. When you are finished you will have a good basic understanding of SQL Server and how you can manipulate it from the ADP front-end. You and I are still probably going to want to get a couple (One is never enough.) of additional books on SQL Server.

By the way, there is a companion volume to this book called Allison Balter's Mastering Access 2002 Desktop Development. Read this one too and keep it for reference. It's great for filling in gaps in your knowledge.

I began my association with Alison Balter in 1999 when I purchased Alison Balter's Mastering Microsoft Access 2000 Development. At that time, I was relatively new to MS Access database development, and was faced with a critical project that I was doing for a major university. Not only was Ms. Balter's book extremely helpful, but, when I couldn't find a specific answer in the book, an email to Ms. Balter resolved the problem -- within 24 hours!

More recently, I have purchased both Alison Balter's Mastering Access 2002 Desktop Development (With CD-ROM) and Alison Balter's Guide to Access 2002 Enterprise Development(with CDROM). These books are just as indispensable as the one I used in 1999. And, a recent email sent to Ms. Balter was responded to within one business day!

My current project involves replication, a specialized multi-user solution. The Enterprise Development book has been especially useful here. Both books are a must for serious Access development.

Alison Balter's experience, expertise, and professionalism are all remarkable. Whether you are a beginner, or an advanced MS Access developer, Alison Balter's books are guaranteed to be of valuable assistance.

Ms. Balter has done a superb job of crafting a book that provides a great deal of pragmatic advise to a person who is creating a serious business application intended for a significant number of users. It is written at an intermediate level for the most part, so first-timers won't be overwhelmed with the technical details before they understand the concepts - with the companion Desktop Development volume you have most of the tools you need to build a working multi-user database. If you are wondering how to proceed with a project, this book will help you.

I must also agree that the review "Beware of Title" is not a reasonable criticism - the concepts in this book apply in general to any other back-end database - the ODBC linking process is the only technology that can be used with any back-end database other than SQL Server. To give the book a low rating simply because it doesn't have SQL Server in the title is unfair.

This book is an introduction to MS Access/MS SQL Server professional client-server database development. It covers basic strategic issues in client-server database development, upsizing applications from an Access desktop database to a SQL Server database, the fundamentals of working with SQL Server tables from within Access, the fundamentals of working directly within SQL Server database components, SQL Server security, and basic T-SQL coding techniques.

I appreciate the systematic way Ms. Balter progresses from elementary issues and techniques to more advanced ones. This book will help a beginning MS Access/MS SQL Server client-server developer to develop an intermediate-level skill set in both SQL Server database development and interacting with a SQL Server back-end database from an Access desktop database and it provides a solid foundation for future growth.

This book was written for the individual who intends to develop a professional-level MS Access/MS SQL Server client-server skill set. This endeavor requires a significant commitment of time and effort.

I bought this book mainly to learn issues with Microsoft Access. I have two other Alison Balter's Access books and I think they are great. This one is a bit disappointing to me because many of the old Access features no longer apply to Access 2007/2010. Nevertheless, many issues/recommendations discussed in this book are still good and valid. If you are upgrading an Access database from Access 2003 or an old version to Access 2007/2010, then this is a useful book to have.

I have read several of Alisons' books and have found them extemely useful. the Guide to Access 2002 Access 2002 Enterprise Development is a must have for those make the jump to client/server applications from Access only. Although, we are now up to MS Sql Server 2005, most of the information in the book is very useful, especially T-Sql and stored procedures. It's a great book

I love this book!!! It is really hard to find Excellent computer books these days. Stop here!! This is truly an Excellent book on enterprise development using Access 2002...

Though this book has a very broad/general title (Access 2002 Enterprise Development), going through the book you'll find chapter after chapter specifically on SQL Server. Since I'm using Access with another DBMS, the "majority" of the chapters in this book are worthless to me and not worth reading. A better title for this book would have been "Using Access 2002 with SQL Server". Had that been the case, I would not have bought it.