Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition

by Michael Vine

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Summary

Microsoft Access is often used when teaching beginning database design and programming concepts. "Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition," is written for beginners of various backgrounds, from students to hobbyists, to professionals, with little to no programming skills who want to learn programming concepts in a non-intimidating manner. The book is a follow-up to the best-selling first edition and features valuable, updated content covering the new enhancements and new technologies of Microsoft Access 2003 including upgrading to Access 2003, Access Essentials, Microsoft Jet SQL, Data Access Pages, and Access Security. Access continues to grow as a leading, inexpensive relational database management system in all industry segments including educational, professional, technical, medical, government, and engineering, because it is an easy and accessible database to learn and implement for home, office, and educational purposes. "Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition," covers all aspects of beginning programming concepts including variables, conditions, loops, arrays, procedures, and functions, with a special emphasis on object-based programming, the event-driven paradigm and database concepts such as relational database design, beginning SQL concepts, reports, and database programming using Microsoft's ADO and ADOX database-programming models. Each chapter contains workable programs and concepts are taught using a simple, games-based approach. The book teaches fundamental programming concepts that can be applied to many programming languages and will help new programmers build their programming skill set.

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