Building Microsoft Access Applications. (CD-ROM included).0735620393 Building Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. applications. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Viescas, John L. Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Press 2005 679 pages $49.99 Paperback QA76.9 Database consultant Viescas has written several books on Microsoft Access. He offers a text for readers who know how to design tables for a relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. , who have been using Access for a while and have worked through at least one of the "big" books on Microsoft Access. Coverage includes an overview of table design, user interface design, and client/server An architecture in which the user's PC (the client) is the requesting machine and the server is the supplying machine, both of which are connected via a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). issues followed by how-to sections on building a membership application, designing and building a sales and inventory management application, building a customer support application, and managing a technical school or seminar with a registration management application. The accompanying CD-ROM contains four sample databases described in the text and an electronic version of the text. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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