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Visual Basic Database
Does anybody have any simple databases that I could have to learn from? Perhaps a database that will work with a Access
File which could have basic features such as add,delete,next,previous,e
I need to learn by example and most resources you go to only show small steps but never show you the whole picture.
Also, if you could recommend a newbie to some VB books that might have some good samples to learn from?
File which could have basic features such as add,delete,next,previous,e
I need to learn by example and most resources you go to only show small steps but never show you the whole picture.
Also, if you could recommend a newbie to some VB books that might have some good samples to learn from?
Is there any particular reason for wanting to use Visual Basic
rather than MS Access?
rather than MS Access?
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Thanks, you gave me alot to think about! The reason I want to learn this VB is too eventually use this with Web Design in the future. Take care!
Imarceau, Thanks for you input also... You are right on the money! I am sick of spending $$ for every new endevour I have. I just got through with a phase of writing PERL scripts and spent about a total of 100$ in books.. I know that all my interests will eventually pay off. I mostly do this as a hobby that hopefully someday will work with my Telecommunications work I am already involved with. --Thanks...
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Don't get your heart set on really fast access (even in Access!) especially if you get into ODBC setups. When (if) you do get to that point, using the trace log in your odbc setup information is a real eye opener regarding the volumes of ODBC transactions required to get a single resultset.
Also, if you are thinking about going to shared, multiuser applications, get the VB enterprise edition, and skip right over using DAO and Access databases. You need to consider using something like Oracle or SQL server, and RDO as an access method. Access and Jet just won't scale up to a real muliuser application.
Yeah, I know what you mean about the books. Nothing's under $50 bucks, and you can't shoot a 30-30 through any of 'em!(but you want to) I think I'm gettng tennis elbow just hauling 'em around! (I scan any book first at Barnes & Noble, because most of 'em turn out to be rehashed help system text!)
Also, if you are thinking about going to shared, multiuser applications, get the VB enterprise edition, and skip right over using DAO and Access databases. You need to consider using something like Oracle or SQL server, and RDO as an access method. Access and Jet just won't scale up to a real muliuser application.
Yeah, I know what you mean about the books. Nothing's under $50 bucks, and you can't shoot a 30-30 through any of 'em!(but you want to) I think I'm gettng tennis elbow just hauling 'em around! (I scan any book first at Barnes & Noble, because most of 'em turn out to be rehashed help system text!)
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