Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Premier Edition, Second Edition (2nd Edition)

Microsoft's Access 97 database offers tremendous power and flexibility, and Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development can show you exactly how to take advantage of its capabilities to build robust and professional database applications. Balter covers the basics of effective database design, introduces the VBA programming language for writing Access applications, and discusses performance optimization and advanced querying techniques. Numerous chapters on the complexities of building multi-user applications are particularly valuable.