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Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days is a tutorial that allows you to learn about working with databases in a set amount of time. The book presents you with a step-by-step approach to learning what can be a critical topic for developing applications. Each week will focus on a different aspect of database programming with Visual Basic. Some of the topics covered are data controls, programming with the Microsoft Jet Engine, and programming with the ODBC Interface and SQL.

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A tutorial that allows the reader to learn about working with databases in a set amount of time, this book presents a step-by-step approach to learning the things that can be critical topics for developing applications. Each week focuses on a different aspect of database programming with Visual Basic.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Database programming with Visual Basic 6, Jun 15 2004

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days (Paperback)

This book promises much, but delivers little. Both the book and the examples from the CD are so full of errors that it is more of an example in frustration than learning. It is nothing more than a usless piece of garbage

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3.0 out of 5 stars Everything Yet Nothing, Oct 24 2003

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days (Paperback)

This is neither a book for people who know nothing about database programming, nor is it a book for experienced programmers. Not sure where it's placed.

For beginners it's very difficult to figure out what the author is saying about DAO, RDO, ADO. This is exponentially exacerbated by the fact that MSFT seems to change its mind about the standard each time they bring out a new version of Access.

MSFT seems now to have settled on ADO as the standard, so with the bulk of this book focussing on DAO, it's not worth getting. But in reviewing, we must remember that this book was written way back in 1998 - an aeon in programming.

I found the line numbering style reminiscent of the early days of DOS BASIC when every manufacturer had their own version. Ah, the days of my old Spectravideo.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good book., July 10 2003

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Although the book covers most of the topics associated with VB and database programming, it is riddled with grammatical errors. The source code listed in the book has errors. You will have to decipher before trying to make sense what the author is trying to explain.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Superb book but you must be a fluent VB programmer.
This is an excellent introduction to using the power of Microsoft's Jet database engine in VB programs. It covers all the basics and provides example coding throughout. Read more

Published on Dec 11 2002 by Steve Hopwood

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for those who know VB already!
While I do agree with some reviewers in terms of errors which exist in some code in the book, I strongly disagree with those who condemn this book as being inadequate. Read more

Published on Aug 11 2002 by Nana Kofi