While previous versions of Visual Basic had some database facilities, with Visual Basic 6, Microsoft has created a robust, fully-fledged database programming language. VB6 includes a raft of highly effective database features and toolsAincluding hundreds of efficiencies, step-through wizards, and shortcutsAthat in most cases are extremely easy to understand and master. Among the most important of these are ADO Data Control, Data View window, Query Designer, DataRepeater Control, Data Environment Designer, ActiveX Document Migration Wizard, WebClass Designer, and Visual Data Manager.
Visual Basic 6 Database Programming For Dummies is a friendly, no-nonsense guide for programmers already familiar with Visual Basic who want to take advantage of all of version 6As powerful database features. Packed with real-world examples and plain-English explanations, it cuts through the jargon and shows you, step-by-step, how to:
Author Richard Mansfield gives you a solid understanding of what databases are, how they work, and what you can do with them. Then he walks you through all the steps to creating powerful database applications. Topics covered include:
Have you been baffled by the alphabet soup of VB6 acronyms? Have you tried other books on the subject and found them sourly lacking in clarity? DonAt despair, relax and let Visual Basic 6 Database Programming For Dummies gently ease you into the world of database programming.
Show moreWhile previous versions of Visual Basic had some database facilities, with Visual Basic 6, Microsoft has created a robust, fully-fledged database programming language. VB6 includes a raft of highly effective database features and toolsAincluding hundreds of efficiencies, step-through wizards, and shortcutsAthat in most cases are extremely easy to understand and master. Among the most important of these are ADO Data Control, Data View window, Query Designer, DataRepeater Control, Data Environment Designer, ActiveX Document Migration Wizard, WebClass Designer, and Visual Data Manager.
Visual Basic 6 Database Programming For Dummies is a friendly, no-nonsense guide for programmers already familiar with Visual Basic who want to take advantage of all of version 6As powerful database features. Packed with real-world examples and plain-English explanations, it cuts through the jargon and shows you, step-by-step, how to:
Author Richard Mansfield gives you a solid understanding of what databases are, how they work, and what you can do with them. Then he walks you through all the steps to creating powerful database applications. Topics covered include:
Have you been baffled by the alphabet soup of VB6 acronyms? Have you tried other books on the subject and found them sourly lacking in clarity? DonAt despair, relax and let Visual Basic 6 Database Programming For Dummies gently ease you into the world of database programming.
Show moreIntroduction 1
Part I: The Basics of Databases 9
Chapter 1: The Big Picture: Visual Basic’s Database Features 11
Chapter 2: Databases 101: How Databases Work 19
Part II: Making a Connection 35
Chapter 3: Getting Connected with Data Controls and the Data Form Wizard 37
Chapter 4: Using the Data Environment Designer 53
Chapter 5: A Collection of Connection 71
Part III: Contacting the User 87
Chapter 6: Reports-Plain and Fancy 89
Chapter 7: Designing a User Interface 107
Part IV: Building a New Database 123
Chapter 8: Creating and Manipulating a New Database 125
Chapter 9: Validating and Indexing Your Data 135
Chapter 10: Creating Custom, Data-Bound ActiveX UserControls 147
Part V: The Internet Connection 163
Chapter 11: Translating Windows Applications to Web Pages: Using the ActiveX Document Migration Wizard 165
Chapter 12: Mixing HTML and VB: Active Server Pages 183
Chapter 13: IIS Applications: Moving Beyond ASP 197
Part VI: Hands-On Programming 217
Chapter 14: Doing it Yourself: Data Access Programming 219
Chapter 15: Acronym Soup: ADO, DAO, RDO, UDA 257
Chapter 16: Focus on ADO 265
Chapter 17: Killing Bugs 287
Part VII: Working with Queries 303
Chapter 18: Automatic SQL: Using the Query Designer 305
Chapter 19: A Brief Dictionary of SQL 325
Part VIII: The Part of Tens 347
Chapter 20: Ten Outstanding Add-Ons 349
Chapter 21: Ten Topics that Don’t fit Elsewhere in the Book (But Are Important) 353
Index 363
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Richard Mansfield, the former editor of Compute! magazine, is the author of more than 20 computer book bestsellers, including Visual Studio 6 For Dummies and Visual InterDev Bible. Nickolas Landry, who supplied the technical review, is an MCSD and a Microsoft Regional Director.
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