Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Premier Edition, Second Edition: Amazon.ca: Alison Balter: Books

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Microsoft's Access 97 database offers tremendous power and flexibility, and Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development can show you exactly how to take advantage of its capabilities to build robust and professional database applications. Balter covers the basics of effective database design, introduces the VBA programming language for writing Access applications, and discusses performance optimization and advanced querying techniques. Numerous chapters on the complexities of building multi-user applications are particularly valuable.

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One of the premier corporate database applications, Access, is a powerful application that can be programmed and customized. But to do that, readers need information. And this book provides that knowledge by showing users how to develop simple and complex applications for Access.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, Aug 21 2002

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Matt Gleason (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Premier Edition, Second Edition (Paperback)

I want to start off by saying that I'm not a technically oriented person. I am a visual designer who had a need integrate aspects of my CAD work with a DBMS. I was handed Access and told to get to work on it. With the help of this book I was able to connect to my drawing DB (Sybase) via ODBC and write complex queries and reports using Access. Everyone at some point in their lives finds a teacher that makes perfect sense to them. I find Alison Balter's style of writing to be easily understandable, yet very detailed and concise. This book has been an invaluable midnight companion to me. With this book alone I have been able to write and distribute desktop applications based upon a wide variety of criteria and need. I am eagerly awaiting her next series on visual studio.net. I have lots of books on Access and SQL and there just anren't any better ones than this one (except maybe the 2000 and 2002 revisions).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Clear, concise, readable, July 31 2002

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RFT (U.S. Military) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Premier Edition, Second Edition (Paperback)

As a new Access user with a target MS-Access 97 applications user group, I needed something beyond the beginner level that covered all the bases. I found this text to be most helpful to use as a self-study guide and reference. I own this one and the Sybex Access 97 Developer's Handbook.
In addition, I had a stumper issue on security I just could not quite grasp. I e-mailed the author directly. She cheerfully provided the answer I needed.
The used book source was prompt with delivery and made for a most affordable purchase.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Serious Access Developers, Jun 7 2002

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Kalin Wilson (Divide, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Premier Edition, Second Edition (Paperback)

This book is very detailed and organized for developers. key concepts and decisions that will drive your development are discussed up front so you are aware of your choices before beginning your design - very important. Concepts and techniques are presented concisely and clearly with good examples. The code is well written and serves as a good source to return to for use in your own projects.
This is an excellent resource for the intermediate to advanced developer who wants to create robust access applications!

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5.0 out of 5 stars One Of the best
This book has helped me understand many features that none of the other book about access even mentionned... Ie. Read more

Published on Jan 24 2002 by stejol377

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, from cover to cover
When I get stuck using Access, I've developed the annoying habit of yelling, "Alison, help me!" and without fail, the answer will be in this book. Read more

Published on Jan 5 2002 by J. Zimmerman