Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development [With CDROM]

by Alison Balter

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672309998
• ISBN13: 9780672309991
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 1112 Pages
• Weight: 4.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Best book on Access97

I have read many books on the market regarding Access development and keep coming back to this one. It has helped me learn from the beginning and still has much to offer.Anyone getting involved with Access database design would find this book invaluable.

No knack for code...

Since programming does not come naturally to me, I sometimes get stuck when designing the front-ends in Access. When I need the real "whistles and bells", I turn to Alison's book, and with the examples provided in the book and on the CD, I'm saved each time! Her writing style is not at 30,000 feet (as most programming books are written), but understandable at all levels.

The database developer's Bible

Alison Balter has provided the reader with a book that provides in-depth technical principles in the design and implementation of database solutions that will assist the reader in all aspects of database development. The book is easy to read, provided in depth information about the processes used to develop database applications, and great code examples that can be used directly in a reader's application or modified as needed to support your needs. Alison has provided a great tool for all developer's from the beginner to the expert, this book and her new book for Access 2000 are a must for any serious database developer. I find that her development principles apply to all fazes of database development, weather the engine is Oracle, SQL Server or Access.My biggest problem (working for a major corporation) has been to keep everyone else from "borrowing" my book. If you want to learn database theory, development and implementation, this is the Bible of all Bibles.

Excellent book that goes beyond the basics

After long hard searches for an Access book that goes much farther than simple wizards, this one is the tops. This was the only book that actually had more than 100 pages that was relevant to what I was doing. Alison has done an impeccable job in including all the essentials but giving particular focus to the more advanced functions of Access development. A perfect book for someone who is very experienced with database development but a novice Access/VBA programmer. This book wastes no time in explaining the basics and immediately contains the answers for non-Access experienced database developers.

This is the best book for *developing* Access applications

If you need or want to learn how to actually *develop* applications using MS Access, then this is your book. Most Access books teach you how to *use* Access, but there are only a few a books for developers (or would-be developers). This is the best one if you do not already have VB experience or experience in some other RAD Windows development tool like Delphi or Powerbuilder, or in another desktop database tool like Borland Paradox. If you already have this type of experience, I recommend the Access Developers Handbook. Otherwise, Alison Balter is the ticket.