Jeffrey McManus' Database Access with Visual Basic 6 (Paperback)

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Visual Basic is an important programming language for interfacing with both web sites and databases. McManus includes a complete discussion of databases in general and then a complete discussion of database issues related to Visual Basic including Microsoft SQL server, MS Access, and ActiveX. This huge book will work for beginners and advanced users alike.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

Database Access with Visual Basic's major emphasis is on solutions, not technology. Rather than rattling off a list of features, diagrams and acronyms, this book provides step-by-step examples of the most important techniques developers typically go through to create database applications. Learn how to design a database, build the user interface, write queries, and construct a three-tiered client server system based on ADO 2.0, RDO, COM, SQL Server or Oracle. Find out "what's new?" in Visual Basic 6 as it applies to data access strategies. Receive more information on different types of SQL queries and differences between the Access and SQL Server dialects.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: Sams (January 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672314223
• ISBN-13: 978-0672314223
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #927,238 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, concise, well-written, comprehensive tutorial!, July 28, 1999

By A Customer

I absolutely love this book! The book is so clear and easily readable, I found myself breezing through the examples. I loved the coverage of SQL Server and SQL itself. McManus doesn't assume that the reader has any other tool but VB6, and explained the many database features of the language that I had never used before. I did not even know that VB6 provided a SQL query designer.

McManus also delved into Active Server Pages and other topics that were very interesting, but reserved such subjects for the end of the book.

I loved the writing style and the tutorials. I found not a single error in the step-by-step instructions for setting up SQL Server or the connections in VB. This book is full of useful information, and is my sole reference on database programming in VB.

Summary: Novice Visual Basic database developers will love this book!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best VB 6.0 book for database developers., March 18, 1999

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Jeffrey McManus's "Database Access with Visual Basic 6" book is the only book I have found that explains in detail how to work with databases.

I am a programmer by trade with thirty years of experience and have learned many languages over those years. Although I am new to Visual Basic, I know how to learn new languages. It is a fairly straight-forward process given the right reference guides.

After having purchased six complete reference guides for VB6 (from other authors), I finally came across McManus's gem. None of the other six books explained in sufficient detail how to really learn the language beyond the superficial level or how to connect to and process databases.

If you are a professional developer, this is the book for you.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars concise, to the point and step-by-step examples are verygood, October 15, 1999

By A Customer

This is one of the best books that i have purchased relating to Visual Basic (and i have lots of them) i've been programming in Basic before it was "Visual" - on and off for 15 years now. The author goes straight to the point, gives you examples that work, builds up chapter by chapter and explains the theme in a very easy to understand way. For once i dont get a lot of babling and fancy words, but a straight down to earth talk. Unlike some other authors that spend a lot of time in trivial matters, this book tells you how to do stuff - right now!. I like the way the author explains SQL, Internet Databases, ASP pages and the things that are important to get the darn thing to work. I am keeping this one in my reference library.