Visual Basic 6 Developer's Handbook [With Includes Custom Applications, Code, Tools, & AIDS]

I have read about half of the book and it has have already answered more questions and given me more insight into Visual Basic than any other book I have read! The coverage of database connectivity and API calls is outstanding as is the section on Programming for the WEB. I found the writing style to be very easy to read. I recommend this book to all Visual Basic developers.

I'm a baby VB programmer and I found this book to be an excellent resource, even though it is rated as an Intermediate/Advanced book! This one deserves two thumbs up!

Sybex's "Access 97 Developer's Handbook" was so useful for me a year ago I bought this one for VB without even skimming it at the store. Previous reviewers are right that it's tilted a bit towards SQL Server 7, but that was OK with me since it was what I wanted to learn more of.I've spent more time reading it than "Expert Guide to Visual Basic", also by Sybex, and would consider this one to be the more detailed of the two. So many instruction books out there are a waste... Do this, do that, type this in, "Voila! You've made an ADO form!" without giving you the WHY of it all. (Especially those misleading "Learn VB in 21 Days" style books. What a joke...) You will be keeping this one within arm's reach!

I read Petroutsos' mastering VB6 book (for the serious beginner to intermediate level programmer), which was also excellent, so I bought this one. This book helps you raise your skills to a fairly advanced level. The only caution is that the first 8 chapters on databases do tend to favor SQL Server, but even so, the information is very useful. All in all, this is a quality book (in a market full hopeless books). Highly recommended

I bought this book at Costco, just because they were selling it cheap. But it ended up to be the most useful VB book I own. It bypasses the regular "place the textbox on the form" crap and takes you right to the good stuff. I used SQL Server 6.5 a lot and my company is considering upgrading to version 7.0, so the "What's new in 7.0" section was really helpful. Also the section on internet programming was a great find! Overall this is an excellent book, it's very concise and easy to read!