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Discover access 97 / Ricardo Birmele.

By: Publication details: Foster City, CA ; Indianapolis, IN ; Chicago, IL : IDG Books worldwide Inc., c1997.Description: xx, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780764580260
  • 0764580264 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.3 22 BIR
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Content
Part one - Beginnings
1. Your ticket, please
Bringing access to life
Controlling access
Staring a new database
etc.

2. When I need help, i push the button
What are we talking about, here?
On-screen help
Navigating the help system
May i be of assistance?
etc.

3. I'd like to jump in and give it a try
An automatic database
Using the table wizard
Running the simple query wizard
Going with the query wizard
etc.

Part two Getting more than our toes wet
4. Its all in the design
Is it data or is it information?
First, stop and think
A mental checklist
Determining input by understanding output
etc.

5. The data's on the sheet
Another look at columns and rows
Adding a new record
Hiding what you don't need to see
Showing the hidden column
etc.

6. I' ll take one of these and two of those
What's a query, mister?
I query by example
New data from a query to a table
etc.

7. Relationships are important
Databases: flat and full
Dissecting the relationship dialog
Integrity and cascade foothills

8. Lets make some changes
Tea for two
Functionally speaking
Totally, dude
Doing the math
Putting in sums and such
etc.

9. Formally yours
Forming an overview
An automatic form
A proper look at properties
A cloudy picture
etc.

10. Me, reporting fro duty
Reporting, automatically
A slight improvement to automation
Wizardly mailing labels
Rolling your own

Part three Flexing our muscles
11. A thousand world picture
The creative process
A quick and dirty autoreport
A first little touch
Adding a blank main report.
etc.

12. I want it to look like this
A user interface is really for you
making the computer do its job
Checking for yes and no
If it isn't labeled, it isn't finished

13. A sequel can come first
How SQL came about
First, some background
SQL and QBE working together
My favorite SQL

14. I'll talk with my friends
Working with external data
Importing data into my database
Exporting data
Networking access
A question of security
etc.

Includes index : p. 351 - 363

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