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Summary: ADO?
Review: I was looking more for information regarding the development of Access 2000 front-ends for MS SQL server7. I was disappointed that the authors chose the DAO route since ADO is the default with Access data projects (.adp) Its interesting that they opted for older technology.
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Summary: A good book for beginners who actually don't know anything.
Review: In my opinion. If you want to earn a lot money then do computing. If you want to do computing then learn something. To learn something you must practice. If you want to practice a lot and learn a lot then try more and more examples in books. To try some examples look at the book which has got a lot of examples. This book has a lot. But they don't work at all... The CD has no enough references(library) which are available, you'll get 100's of compilation errors(mostly about recordsets, etc). So if you want to do computing then don't buy this book, I did, it was a mistake
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Summary: The best beginning VBA tutorial I have ever read...
Review: Looking for a start in Access programming or a VBA reference that gives you the straight skinny in a readable format without oversimplifying the material? Look no further. Without a doubt, this book is the best introductory programming book I have ever read (and I've read quite a few). I've read some comments already about the lack of ADO information, but remember, this is a beginning-programming level book. ADO comes after you get a handle on code, structure, format, and terminology. All in all, I can't give enough praise to this book. A great reference all around. Wrox does it again!
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Summary: A book for people with no programming background
Review: Maybe a good book for people with no programming background. For people coming from other programming languages, look elsewhere, unless you want to go through the basic concepts universal to all programming languages all over again.
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Summary: Only two complaints
Review: Overall, yes it is a very good book, but I have two issues with it.
1. The authors sometimes give code examples that use functions/syntax that are not explained until several chapters later. They inevitably state something to the effect 'Don't worry about such-and-such, it will be covered in chapter whatever.' In the meantime, I still can't do anything with what I'm learning.
2. (and more significantly)By the author's own admission, they chose to focus on DAO rather than ADO. Maybe at the time it was written that really was the best decision, but learning DAO is a big step in the wrong direction now as ADO is already more the standard, especially as everything moves toward .NET
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Summary: Only two complaints
Review: Overall, yes it is a very good book, but I have two issues with it.
1. The authors sometimes give code examples that use functions/syntax that are not explained until several chapters later. They inevitably state something to the effect 'Don't worry about such-and-such, it will be covered in chapter whatever.' In the meantime, I still can't do anything with what I'm learning.
2. (and more significantly)By the author's own admission, they chose to focus on DAO rather than ADO. Maybe at the time it was written that really was the best decision, but learning DAO is a big step in the wrong direction now as ADO is already more the standard, especially as everything moves toward .NET
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Summary: Best Yet
Review: Thank You!Your publication, Beginning Access VBA 2000 is just what I need to learn VBA. I have several other books on Access, but have not been able to learn how to use Visual Basic effectively. VBA 2000 is concise. Unlike other books, does not leave out minor details that the (knowledgeable) authors don't realize a new student needs to know to make it work, but doesn't know.
For instance, on page 202, I started to recognize the difference between DAO and ADO, and where that difference has been causing errors. The authors bring points out about DAO and ADO where it pertains through out the book.
VBA 2000 leaves out information unrelated to the subject at hand, and, which may take extra time to decipher. Great graphics layout, consistent examples and explanations, good index too. I'm making progress, and, will move on to other of your books. Please tell Mr. Smith, and Mr. Sussman thank you!
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Summary: How to make VBA impossibly confusing
Review: The book seems to be written with the objective of showcasing how much the authors know about VBA without imparting any of this understanding to the reader. "Don't try to understand this now, we will explain it later" is used in almost every chapter. The concepts and syntax are poorly narrated and the text suffers from the needless and boring injection of the authors humor. If you wish to understand VBA, buy the Access 2000 VBA handbook by Susan Novalis. I learned more that I could practically apply to my databases within 30 minutes of picking up her book than I learned after reading and re-reading the Sussman/Smith text multiple times.
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Summary: How to make VBA impossibly confusing
Review: The book seems to be written with the objective of showcasing how much the authors know about VBA without imparting any of this understanding to the reader. "Don't try to understand this now, we will explain it later" is used in almost every chapter. The concepts and syntax are poorly narrated and the text suffers from the needless and boring injection of the authors humor. If you wish to understand VBA, buy the Access 2000 VBA handbook by Susan Novalis. I learned more that I could practically apply to my databases within 30 minutes of picking up her book than I learned after reading and re-reading the Sussman/Smith text multiple times.
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Summary: How to make VBA impossibly confusing
Review: The book seems to be written with the objective of showcasing how much the authors know about VBA without imparting any of this understanding to the reader. "Don't try to understand this now, we will explain it later" is used in almost every chapter. The concepts and syntax are poorly narrated and the text suffers from the needless and boring injection of the authors humor. If you wish to understand VBA, buy the Access 2000 VBA handbook by Susan Novalis. I learned more that I could practically apply to my databases within 30 minutes of picking up her book than I learned after reading and re-reading the Sussman/Smith text multiple times.
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