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$a Chapter 1: What Is a Database?Chapter 2: Meet the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Data WizardChapter 3: Programming the Data ControlChapter 4: Designing a User Interface for the Data ControlChapter 5: Programming a Bulletproof User InterfaceChapter 6: Completing the User InterfaceChapter 7: Building a Data Control Class ModuleChapter 8: Getting the Data You Want from the DatabaseChapter 9: Database Design, Construction, and AnalysisChapter 10: Programming the Address BookChapter 11: Universal Data Access Using ADOChapter 12: Creating ADO Data Bound ActiveX ControlsChapter 13: ADO and Active Server PagesChapter 14: Advanced ADO Programming--Data MiningChapter 15: Making Our Data Available UniversallyChapter 16: Where Next?Appendix A: One Standard, Many Flavors...Appendix B: SolutionsAppendix C: Summary of Microsoft Access Field Types

$a Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming introduces you to databases and takes you all the way through to the latest ADO technologies in Visual Basic 6. Step by step, this book will help you to build working database components and applications in Visual Basic. Whether you want to work with databases on your desktop, get access to legacy data, or program database access across the Internet, this is the book that will get you started. This book provides you with all the practical knowledge and skills you need to build a solid foundation in Microsoft Access and Visual Basic database programming. This comprehensive reference offers thorough coverage of object-oriented programming, including how to create data handling classes and ActiveX controls for code reusability; how to effectively use DAO, ADO, ASP, and SQL; and how to take data mining to the next level.