In "Learn to Program Visual Basic Databases," John Smiley provides a solid foundation for the beginning or intermediate user interested in working with database theory and uses this knowledge to create a fully database-enabled Visual Basic application. Smiley's simple, conversational style is entertaining even when he is explaining the most difficult programming principles. The book is classroom-based, and his question and answer format often addresses commonly-asked student queries. Smiley also provides step-by-step instructions for each exercise and handy online references for more information.
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Well-known computer author John Smiley, has written Learn to Program Databases with Visual Basic 6, which features a very friendly approach to learning the basics of database programming with Visual Basic. Aimed at the novice Visual Basic programmer, this patient tutorial may be just what you've been waiting for in order to master databases within VB.
The most distinctive feature here is the format of this book, which features Q. and A. dialogues between the hypothetical students and the author as he works through the basics of database design with VB6. With an exceedingly patient presentation style, this approach will work best for the novice VB programmer. The book starts from square one, with the fundamentals of databases, before it proceeds to VB's database components, such as the Data Control. The book makes use of a single case study for a product catalog for a dishware shop. Readers will learn how to add tables using Microsoft Access, and then build forms that access data within Visual Basic.
Besides the fundamentals, the author does mention key Visual Basic technologies, such as an ADO primer on the syntax of SQL for querying databases. The goal of this book isn't so much a comprehensive tour as much as a how-to for demystifying databases within Visual Basic.
In all, this book's format makes it an ideal choice for the novice programmer who's had trouble making the leap into the world of database development. Learn to Program Databases with Visual Basic 6 can put the powers of the VB database into the hands of virtually any reader who's willing to spend a few hours reading and working through its effective code examples. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.com.
Topics covered: Visual Basic database tutorial, database basics, tables, records, fields, field types, primary and foreign keys, referential integrity, using Microsoft Access, the Visual Basic Data Control: properties and methods, ActiveX Data Objects (ADOs), Recordsets: properties and methods, record navigation and updating records, queries, SQL basics, updating records, the DBGrid control, and form design.
A VB Database Book that actually teaches Database Design
Now on my third programming book, I write all my books with the belief that I can teach just about everyone to program a computer, and in this book I introduce you to a topic that causes many beginner programmers anxiety---Databases.
You'll follow along with my mythical University Class as we take the project developed in my first book, Learn To Program With Visual Basic, and enhance it to interact with a Microsoft Access Database. Along the way, you'll pick up some other tidbits that I didn't cover in my first book---such as how to create a VB Project with Multiple forms and a Standard Module.
And I just don't show you how to read from and write records to a database using Visual Basic---I show you how to Design, Create and Implement a Microsoft Access Database... something most Visual Basic books presume you already can do. After that, I spend the remainder of the book showing you how to View, Add, Modify and Delete Database records using the DAO Data Control, Data Access Objects and a bit of SQL to do it.
Some words of warning!!!
Even though the title of the book refers to Visual Basic 6, I wanted this book to be useful for readers with VB4 and VB5 as well. For that reason, plus the fact that this book is a book for beginners, I don't concentrate on the latest and greatest of Visual Basic's Database capabilities.
Latest and greatest is wonderful---there are a ton of Visual Basic books on the market like that.
Instead in this book I teach you Visual Basic Database programming using the classic DAO Data Control and touch upon Data Access Objects---not the newer ActiveX Data Control.
My belief (and I think I know what I'm doing having taught Visual Basic to beginners for the last 6 years) is to teach the slightly simpler DAO model. After you've learned DAO---if you want to move to the newer ADO, it will be no big deal for you.
As was the case with my highly successful first book, I think you'll marvel at the way all of your own questions are asked by members of the 'class' as you progress through the book.
By the time you complete this book, you'll have the confidence to move on and begin programming your own Visual Basic Database programs---I guarantee it.
John Smiley
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