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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!

Rating Title Author Publisher Date ISBN Notes
Good Microsoft .Net for Programmers Fergal Grimes Manning Publications, Inc 2002 ??? Read Review
Good Access 97 Developer's Handbook Paul Litwin, Ken Getz & Mike Gilbert Sybex 1997 782119417 This is a classic. All of the books by Ken Getz are mandatory for any serious Access developer.
Good Access 2000 Developer's Handbook Paul Litwin, Ken Getz & Mike Gilbert Sybex 2000 0782123716 Two volumes. This is the latest edition of the classic.
Good Access 97 Power Programming F. Scott Barker Que 1997 789709155 This book covers VBA quite well. Also, this book coves things that Getz does not.
Good Teach Yourself Transact-SQL Mauer, et al Sams 2001 52063-31967 This book is a wonderful tool for learning Transact-SQL.
Good Access '97 Secrets Prague, Amo & Foxall IDG 1997 0764530437 Full of tips!
Good Excel 2000 Power Programming w/ VBA John Walkenbach IDG 1999 0764532634 Excellent
Good Microsoft Access 97 Bible Prague & Irwin IDG 1999 076453355X Note: This is the GOLD EDITION.
Good Microsoft Access Step-by-Step Inc. Catapult Microsoft Press 1997 1572313161 This is a good book for true beginners.
Good Special Edition - Using Access 2000 Roger Jennings Que 1999 0789716062 Jennings in consistently a good author. He tends to be a bit verbose, but he teaches advanced skills.
Good Access 97 Macro & VBA Handbook Novalis Sybex 1997 782119778 Good Reference
Good VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Languages Lomax & Petrusha O'Reilly 1998 156593588 Good Reference
Good Access 2000 Client-Server Solutions Lars Klander Corious 2000 1-57610-417-6 One illustration wrongly show two jet engines are required for a split database.
Good Database Programming with Visual Interdev 6 Amundsen & Crouch Sams 1999 0672315637 This is the best book that I have found on Visual Interdev.
Good Teach Yourself SQL 7 in 21 Days Waymire & Sawtell Sams 1998 0672312905 This book is a good introduction to SQL 7.
Bad Mastering Access 2000 Simpson & Robinson Sybex 1999 0-7821-2326-0 A decent resource. It starts a beginner's level. 1400+ pages.
Bad Access 97 Developer's Handbook O'Brien, Pogge, White Microsoft Press 1997 1572313587 Warning: this book has the same name at the classic. BEWARE!
Ugly Access 2 Unleashed Edward Jones Sams 1994 Stay away from this book.
Ugly The Complete Reference Virginia Anderson McGraw-Hill 1999 0078825121 This book is nothing more than the help files in print.
Ugly Working With Access Server Pages Corning, Elfanbaum & Melnick Que 1997 078971115X Doesn't explain how to build an Active Server Page.
Ugly Access 97 Expert Solutions Stan Leszynski Que 1997 0-7897-0367-X This book explains Leszynski's framework. If you need a framwork for application development you may want to try his. However, he is a bit conceited.
Ugly Using Visual Interdev 6 Amundsen & Warren Que 1998 0789716402 This book is an incomplete version of the on-line help.
Ugly Visual Interdev 6 From the Ground Up O'Neil Osborne McGraw-Hill 1998 0078825091 Too Basic