Re: Is there a "Perfect" beginners reference?

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From: DAS 212 (john.nichols_at_siemens.com)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:41:49 -0600

All excellent thoughts, thanks.

I'm starting with "Microsoft Access2002 Inside Out". I looked at Waldens and
Books-a-Million and Barnes and Noble and this seemed to be the best
available reference. Many of the others mentioned weren't on-hand.

The problem is, and what I really need at this stage in my development, that
there doesn't seem to be a universal "Example Browser" - a database (pardon
the reference) showing all the "tricks" everyone has ever used or thought of
using that I can pull from. Often the reference materials only show you
concepts and single basic examples.
Take my desire to change the Query Criteria on the fly - If I had a month,
uninterupted, with unlimited reference materials to focus on this problem I
feel comfortable saying that either I'd solve the problem or I'd know why it
can't be solved but I don't have that kind of time (does anyone) and it
doesn't seem right to have to beg strangers for help when, and you'd think
MS would appreciate this from a sales perspective, the answers should be
readily available... but where are they?
Two issues I deal with in brokering information in my job:
1. The information must be available somewhere - Where?
2. Surely I'm not the first person to need this information - Who knows it?

Finding those sources...well, that's the trick, huh?

Back to the Query Criteria issue - I've scanned a dozen different very very
very thick manuals and spotted nothing that even slightly hints at the
possibility. Obviously I'm looking in the wrong kind of manuals or it can't
be done. Maybe I need "deeper" references, Developers Guides, Programmers
manuals, SQL... I don't even know where to look. And, there's always the
possibility that no-one has ever needed to do this before... Let the fun
begin.

Mommy.

Is the pub open?

Thanks All.

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