| Access Database Design & Programming takes you behind the details of the Access interface, focusing on the general knowledge necessary for Access power users or developers to create effective database applications. In particular, the book focuses on three areas: Database design. This book provides an enjoyable, informative overview of database design that carefully shows you how to normalize tables to eliminate data redundancy without losing data. Queries. In particular, the book examines multi-table queries (i.e., various types of joins), and shows how to implement them indirectly by using the Access interface or directly by using Access SQL. Programming. The book provides an excellent introduction to the Data Access Object (DAO) and Microsoft Access object models. These sections serve as a handy introduction and primer for basic database operations like modifying a table under program control, dynamically adding and deleting a record, or repositioning a record pointer. Unlike other Access books that take the long, detailed approach to every topic of concern to Access programmers, Access Database Design & Programming instead focuses on the core concepts, enabling programmers to develop solid, effective database applications. This book is a "second course" in Access that provides a relatively experienced Access user who is new to programming with the frequently overlooked techniques necessary to successfully develop in the Microsoft Access environment.
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