Access 2002 Enterprise Developer's Handbook [With CDROM]

This book is priceless! The information in chapter 2 on locking enabled me to set up and test a very troubling locking issue on a network jet Access 2003 application. It is still very relevant for Access 2003 and 2007 and will enable you to address locking issues that other authors only gloss over. It provides actual working code and identifies all the possible locking error messages you might encounter and shows you how to handle them. It also provides an example of a form that uses the timer object to handle errors and prevent locking due to a user sitting on a locked record. Again, absolutely priceless. I have spent many hours on the web, an no one has answered my questions like this book.

If you develop databases for 10+ demanding users and your Access MBE databases slow down under load, this text is excellent to get you started in "Access Projects" and Client-Server design. It has one chapter on building better MDEs and around 6 solid chapters on Access Projects, including connection to SQL Server & any ODBC Server. I love this book as in one day I grasped most of the Client-Server content and now I'm preparing to convert my MBE to a ADP. It also covers Internet issues such as ASP and XML and has a bit on .Net.

Just want to give props on this book as well as its companion, the Desktop Developer's Handbook!!!!GREAT BUY...well worth the money.

A fine resource, but am I expected to lug around a 1,000 page book? What if I want to search the text of the book? I hate books that don't come with an eBook copy! It's still a good resource book, but I want an electronic version, too.