->Re: Any really good books on VB 6 Databases?

[RSA]

Hi Peter,

Have you tried Amazon.com ? If not, have a look. Most of the books avialable
on amazon have reviews. Maybe you'll find something you can use.
You can also try www.ak2.com.au

Happy hunting,
Johan

PS ! The springboks are gonna whip your boys Saturday......


"Peter Mount" <pmount@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>Hello
>
>I thus far have collected two books on VB 6. Though not specifically on
VB
>Database, these books (as well as the ones I borrow from the library) have
>me confused when I try to equate what I learned about normalisation with
>what is in these books.
>
>In my normalisation studies at school I had a ball of a time making those
>extra boxes and things on sheets of paper. I'd often delight in find many
to
>many relationships and then splitting them up with join tables. I was the
>guy that had all the other students in my class groaning while my teacher
>had a strange smile on his face.
>
>Yet these VB books I've seen seem to encourage me to "de-normalise". I
>can't seem to find a book that explains how to make a query work for three
>tables (i.e. a many to many split into three tables) as well as having it
>connected to a Master/Detail form in VB 6. Is there such book that will
>help me to still have fun with data normalisation to my heart's content
>while still be able to use them with queries in VB6?
>
>Should I look at WROX Press? The two I have are from QUE Books and Thomas
>Learning, both very good books but still somehow lacking in that something
>"special" or , dare I say, "sensual".
>
>I've been using MS Access 2000 as a back end but I may try using VFP 6 as
a
>back end soon.
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter Mount
>pamount@iprimus.com.au
>
>
>

[Peter Mount]

Hello

Thanks for that

I don't follow sport so I don't even know what the Springboks do :-)

Peter Mount

"RSA" <pienaaj@sapo.co.za> wrote in message news:3b7b7983$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Have you tried Amazon.com ? If not, have a look. Most of the books
avialable
> on amazon have reviews. Maybe you'll find something you can use.
> You can also try www.ak2.com.au
>
> Happy hunting,
> Johan
>
> PS ! The springboks are gonna whip your boys Saturday......
>
>
> "Peter Mount" <pmount@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >I thus far have collected two books on VB 6. Though not specifically on
> VB
> >Database, these books (as well as the ones I borrow from the library)
have
> >me confused when I try to equate what I learned about normalisation with
> >what is in these books.
> >
> >In my normalisation studies at school I had a ball of a time making those
> >extra boxes and things on sheets of paper. I'd often delight in find many
> to
> >many relationships and then splitting them up with join tables. I was
the
> >guy that had all the other students in my class groaning while my teacher
> >had a strange smile on his face.
> >
> >Yet these VB books I've seen seem to encourage me to "de-normalise". I
> >can't seem to find a book that explains how to make a query work for
three
> >tables (i.e. a many to many split into three tables) as well as having it
> >connected to a Master/Detail form in VB 6. Is there such book that will
> >help me to still have fun with data normalisation to my heart's content
> >while still be able to use them with queries in VB6?
> >
> >Should I look at WROX Press? The two I have are from QUE Books and Thomas
> >Learning, both very good books but still somehow lacking in that
something
> >"special" or , dare I say, "sensual".
> >
> >I've been using MS Access 2000 as a back end but I may try using VFP 6 as
> a
> >back end soon.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Peter Mount
> >pamount@iprimus.com.au
> >
> >
> >
>