Computer Gurus -- Access

[chickenhead]

Can anyone recommend best book for Access? The Bible?

Looked at Borders, $50 a pop for Access 97 books, want to buy the best only. Figure I should start with book that focuses on Access features, then probably need one w/ specific focus on VBA? Haven't looked at the college bookstore yet, maybe some textbooks are best, I can really pay out the arse then.

Any thoughts, suggestions, ridicule?

[chickenhead]

worth having?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3522&item=4133812012&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Dan]

chickenhead,

Personally, I try to stay away from buying books published my Microsoft Press. Most of their books are the same stuff MS has on their help screens which is the reason we have to look for other books to understand their product.

I like the books published by Maran Graphics. Here's their weblink:

www.maran.com

You can get most of their books from Amazon or Barnes.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764540815/qid=1074176919/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5170844-1136767?v=glance&s=books

I like their books because they tend to strip out the BS and give you clear examples of how to do stuff visually and graphically. I believe there is another publisher that does color and very simple to follow instructions, too.

Hope that helps.

Dan :)

[Dan]

Here's an output of how their books are structured:

http://www.maran.com/website/catalog/blueprint/LargeSpread.gif


Dan

[JustRalph]

Chickenhead........try this one.........

http://www.microcenter.com/bookstore/single_product_results_books.phtml?product_id=0072 736

These guys make the best damn computer books in the world if you are not a computer brainiac. The only people I have ever heard complain about their books are guys with taped together glasses and pocket protectors..............!


Here it is from Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764560484/qid=1086028481/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/103-6357314-0684632?v=glance&s=books

click on the book on the page above and go to the larger interactive application and you can actually browse the book.

[JustRalph]

Hell....... I liked it so much I bought it from Amazon.......

[Dan]

JustRalph,

That was the other company I was talking about. I've got a couple of their books, too.

Both of those visual publishers make stuff easy to learn.

Dan

[GameTheory]

Goto your local library -- you can probably come home with 4 or 5 books on Access to look through and it won't cost you anything. Also look for internet tutorials -- there are a ton of 'em...

[Dan]

GameTheory,

Good point about the library especially since most books we buy today will be outdated next year.

:)

[chickenhead]

thanks guys....

[Zaf]

Yeah the internet tutorials are excellent. I find just about everything I need to know.

ZAFONIC

[Jeff P]

One of the first things I learned as a self taught programmer is that there's a wealth of FREE information available on the web. Go to http://www.google.com and perform a search using the keywords "vba code access tricks" and check out the first couple dozen pages that come up. By mixing up the keywords in your search you'd really be amazed sometimes at what you'll find. Generally, no matter what you are trying to do with Access or VBA Code, somebody else has already put up a page somewhere illustrating a pretty decent way to get it done.