Summing Up
Database programming is the most complicated aspect of Office development that you will encounter. In many situations, it is also the most important and dangerous. It is important because many organizations keep a lot of information in databases, and providing custom solutions to use data that is a common task asked of Office developers. It is dangerous because the data you are working with is usually important, if not essential. If you foul something up, it has the potential to cause big problems. More so than with any other area of Office programming, I recommend that you get a good grounding in database technologies in general, and in Access and ADO programming specifically, before taking on anything but the most simple database ...
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