Book Reviews

Listed below are my book recommendations for various levels of Access user. All of these books have been read by myself and I highly recommend. I have not listed any books that I do not recommend. This is so you don't get confused. If you find the reviews useful then let me know and I'll add more.

Book of the Month Access 2000 Developer's Handbook Set (Paul Litwin, Ken Getz, Mike Gilbert)

Level - Intermediate to Advanced. Recommended reader, anyone who has a good knowledge of access and now wants to learn the crazy stuff

Give good coverage over fewer topics so you get a chance to look more in depth at particular subjects. This helps as a lot of books tend to be a too little too often, and it's nice to see the authors take their time. If you have found other books difficult when trying to learn advanced topics try this one. Comes with two CD's packed full of code examples.

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Highly Recommended Guide to Access 2000 Programming (Peter Norton, Sams)

Level - Beginner to Intermediate. Recommended reader, anyone who has basic Access skills and now needs to unleash the real power of Access.

This book is great for anyone who is starting out with programming and are in an Access 2000 environment. I would not recommend it if you have already read Access 97 as there are not many major programming differences. In fact if you are considering buying Access 97 programming you may better off buying this book instead and ready yourself for the next version. (It's also a bit cheaper)

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Highly Recommended Teach Yourself Active Server Pages in 24 Hours (Willie & Koller, Sams)

Level - Intermediate to Advanced. Recommended reader, anyone who needs to learn ASP in a hurry.

So your boss has asked you to provide an internet front end to that neat Access database you’ve just finished. "No Problem" you say and run the Access wizards to convert documents to web pages. The only problem with this is that they don’t quite do what you want and don’t really work over the internet. Looks like you're gonna have to learn about Active Server Pages.

The Sams teach yourself guide is ideal for just such a time. Clearly laid out with lots of relevant answers it’ll have you up to speed in no time.

Because of the clear chapter layout you don’t even need to take 24hours. Simply read the chapters you need to get the job done, download the example code from the website, modify it to match your system and bobs your uncle! PS this is very cheap at amazon at the moment.

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Book of the Month Febuary ADO 2.1 Programmers Reference (Dave Sussman, Wrox)

Level - Intermediate to Advanced. Recommended reader, anyone who needs to learn ActiveX data objects.
Why buy this book. This gets straight to the nitty gritty from page one. If you need to pickup this subject fast then this is the book for you. One of the best features of this book is the reference guide style to the back half. Books normally comes as reference guides or trainers. This book is both which is why I am recommending it. Value for money , content and style I don't think it can be beaten.

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Bargain Buy Visual Basic 6 Complete (Various, Sybex)

Level - Basic to Advanced. Recommended reader, anyone who needs to learn Visual Basic 6 and doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg for a book..

Why buy this book. This book has an RRP of $20 and amazon is selling it at less than that. The paper is of low quality, but the Complete series from Sybex are a complete bargain as they are the gleaned wisdom of four other "Normal Priced" Sybex books. The reference guide at the back is usefull when you have finished and it does cover most of the important topics. It's only downside is it does skim over one or two things, but at this price you can't go wrong.

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My Favorite Guide to Access 97 Programming (Peter Norton, Sams)

Level - Beginner to Intermediate. Recommended reader, anyone who wants to get into programming with Access 97.

This is the book with which I started my Access programming life, and I would not have changed my choice one bit. It is so well laid out that you will wonder why all books about Access do not follow this format. Some great examples of real world apps.

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