Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Access 2007

Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Access 2007
PDF | 321 Pages | 74.2 MB

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up, and you will find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 170 Access 2007 tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations,

including:
* Navigating the new interface
* Using templates to create databases
* Entering and editing data
* Working with tables and fields

* Creating simple or summary queries
* Linking to Excel® worksheets
* Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
* Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules


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Beginning Database Design

Beginning Database Design
PDF | 496 Pages | 10.65 MB

This book focuses on the relational database model from a beginning perspective. The title is, therefore, Beginning Database Design. A database is a repository for data. In other words, you can store lots of information in a database. A relational database is a special type of database using structures called tables. Tables are linked together using what are called relationships. You can build tables with relationships between those tables, not only to organize your data, but also to allow later retrieval of information from the database.

* The perfect reference for programmers, administrators, or Web designers who are new to database development and are uncertain as to how to design and structure a database efficiently
* Shows how to design and implement robust, scalable databases on any of the major relational database management systems, including Access, SQL Server, IBM DB2, MySQL, and Oracle
* Covers all the key database design steps including modeling, normalization, SQL, denormalization, object-modeling, data warehousing, and performance
* Provides plenty of real-world examples and a complete beginning-to-end case study of creating a database that includes the analysis and planning, tables and data structures, business rules, and hardware requirements


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