This book is a hands-on tutorial for Access users who want to learn Access by working through solid examples. It will show the reader how to use Access and how to develop solid databases from start to finish. The focus of the book will be Access databases on the desktop but will have two chapters on implementing Access in a networked or client/server environment. Key topics include understanding relational databases and the Access 2002 architecture; designing, building, and maintaining full-feature, robust database applications; implementing Data Access Pages; working with Visual Basic for Applications and the Visual Basic Editor; and publishing Access content to the WWW or a company's intranet.

Sams Teach Yourself Access 2002 Programming in 24 Hourswill considerably improve the quality of the database applications that the reader can create with Microsoft Access. Concise tutorials that quickly bring the reader up to speed will be the goal of each chapter. Having completed this book, the readers will be able to understand any sample VBA code that they see, and will possess the skills to attack all of the most common Access programming tasks.Topics covered in the book will include: Using data aware controls Creating data aware web pages Creating views to organize data Building reusable code modules Programming reports Communicating results with graphing Automating contact and task management with Outlook Access programming for Internet Explorer

A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0672330180 ISBN-13: 9780672330186 "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition" presents the key features of SQL (Structured Query Language) in an easy to understand format with updated code examples, notes, diagrams, exercises, and quizzes. New material covers more information on transactions, constructs, embedded databases, and object-oriented programming. In this edition, the authors include examples based on a database like MySQL, a very popular open source database.

Understand how to take database needs and turn them into effective Access databases while gaining a thorough understanding of Access tables, forms, reports, and queries with this definitive handbook.

This guide teaches readers how to design and implement their an open source database. Topics include designing and creating a database; normalizing data; adding tables, columns and indexes; importing and exporting data; administering, optimizing and troubleshooting My SQL; and locks and keys.

John guides the reader through the new and unfamiliar Windows interface, while introducing the new features. The book provides information in several formats, all integrated with theory, tutorials, procedures, tips and comprehensive. Topics range from: * Installation of Windows XP * Whether to upgrade and if so, how to do it * Configuring services and setting up users * Navigation of the new menus * Explanation of the new internet options, such as third party cookie alert, firewalls, and web publishing wizard * Registry configurations * Integration ideas for home networks and explanations about using the networking wizards * Accessory overview * Using XP on laptops * Working with Linux Maintaining the system & productivity tips