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With the release of Visual Basic 6, database development in Visual Basic moves to a new level of sophistication. With Visual Basic 6 Database How-To, readers can keep abreast of the new developments. It contains more than 120 step-by-step s -Visual Basic How-To has sold over 50,000 copies to date and won the Visual Basic Programmers Journal Readers Choice Award in 1995 -Written in the Waite Groups proven question and answer format -Expanded coverage of Visual Basic 98, including Internet topics and lots of all new How-Tos

I was looking for a book that explained the differences between and the advantages of the various data access methods available in Visual BASIC 6, and which would guide me through implementing my chosen solution. After working through the first few sections, I'm more confused than ever. Instead of helping you decide which path to follow and then guiding you down it, this book takes the route of saying "Here's something neat" - "Oh - and this is neat too" - "And *this* method is pretty cool" without making it clear (at least to me) whether you're supposed to use them in conjuction with each other or pick one and use it exclusively in a given program. In fact, I moved from the "Bound Controls" to "Data Access Objects" sections without realizing through several examples that these were probably not meant to be mixed together. The examples often seem to say "Do this, then do that" without making clear _why_ you're doing it. I don't know about you, but I can't learn by rote nearly as effectively as I do if I _understand_ why something works the way it does. I keep thinking "Well, maybe it's designed for someone more experienced at VB database programming than I am," but in working through the examples, I get the feeling that someone with much VB database experience would already know most of this stuff. I'll put the book on the shelf and maybe it will be a useful reference once I've got a clearer understanding of the subject, but it hasn't been much help as a beginner's guide.

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