Learn to Program Visual Basic Databases

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Summary: Good book but suggest additions for version 2
Review: This is a very easily read book for beginners or intermediate visual basic programmers. I have highlighted several sections and there is no doubt this book will be very useful for me. It is definitely worth purchasing. My only disappointment as with all printed material is that it is already a little behind the times. I am anxiously hoping there will be a followup to this book. Mr. Smiley is a excellent author and teacher. He has a nice web site which continues to provide new information to programmers and he is obviously dedicated to teaching. He even occasionally has time to respond to your email personally, although he can't respond to everyone all the time. There wouldn't be enough time in a day for that. The book uses the older DAO control for database management. Since his book came out, Microsoft has come out with Jet 4.0, Access 2000 and the ADO control is the coming generation of programming. I hope for a revision that will address the new ADO control and its quirks/nuances with Access 2000 and the VB 6 Service Pak 3.... Go For It.

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Summary: Excellent Foundation - Great Support!
Review: This is the third book I'm working through in John's Learn to Program with Visual Basic series. I recommend you follow the course by starting with Learn to Program with Visual Basic followed by Learn to Program Visual Basic Examples before taking on this book. These are not the first Visual Basic books I've worked through, but John's series immediately revealed some bad programming habits that I had to break.
John begins this series, as well as each book, by teaching the fundamentals of good programming. By using a make-believe university classroom as the backdrop to this book, John is able to cover many of the basic questions and problems of beginner and intermediate programmers while avoiding the usually dry format of other computer books.
This book and this series is also backed up with great support. When I became stuck with a version conflict problem, I emailed John with a question and got a fast response that solved my problem. If you're a beginner and want to get a solid start in programming fundamentals, I recommend this book and this series!

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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: We'll what could I say, John Smiley does it again! This is the best database book. If you never done databasing with visual basic 6.0 then this is thee book for beginners. I am very satisfied with John Smiley's work and it has helped me a great deal the understanding of database designing.