Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server: William R. Vaughn

by William R. Vaughn

Microsoft insider William R. Vaughn shows developers how to use Visual Basic 5.0 to access data via SQL Server. This fifth edition also reveals the possibilities within the latest Visual Basic 5.0... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572315679
• ISBN13: 9781572315679
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A must-read!

I have read many of Mr. Vaughn's books, attended his lectures at VBits and have personally conversed with him on SQL issues. Simply put, this book is a must-read for all serious VB developers looking to unleash the power of Visual Basic when dealing with SQL server issues. Written with a nice touch of humor, Bill does a great job of singling out both good and bad methods of data access. Previous commentors who bashed his books obviously have not even read them. My recommendation: BUY THIS BOOK!

Highly Recommended for anyone needing to integrate VB & SQL

I enjoyed the objective and informative style of the writer. He clearly understand his topic and is able to also explain it to others. Buy !!

Great Iifo but where is the beef?

This book is chock full of everything you might ever want to know about VB & SQL Server. My major annoyance is that there are not enough code examples. Many times in the book Mr. Vaughn tells you that he knows how to do this and you can do this and that but he fails to provide example code and leaves you pretty much on your own to figure it out. The book would be much better if there were more practical solutions and less banter about his days at Microsoft. He also goes into too much history and evolution. Who cares how the Jet 2.0 used to do things? I want to know how to do things NOW. Perhaps this is very interesting to some folks but me, I buy books to get answers, practical solutions, "How To" scenarios. Mr. Vaughn just beats around the bush too much, and in many instances never illustrates the very thing most programmers want to know; where is the code?

Excellent book for any seasoned Client/server developer

The coverage of DAO/RDO was absolutely brilliant,I found it more informative than microsoft's own manuals and help files. Williams sense of humour was great as well, I hope he is busy somewhere giving us another guide to Visual Basic ADO and SQL Server. Thanks for a great book

A Must Have Book!

I have read this book and found it to be extreamly insightful. Mr. Vaughn has provided the consumate manual for working with Visual Basic and SQL. Having worked in the industry for 16 years, I've read many books and have found this one to be one of the best yet.