From Access to SQL Server Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. Edition

This is a good book, but many things have changed in SQL and Access. I found more recent books to be more helpful.

This is a phenomenal book! Russell Sinclair has a gift for explaining new ideas and concepts in a way that everybody can understand. "From Access to SQL Server" is written like someone was speaking to you and has just enough detail to be thorough. The flow is perfect. While SQL Server has later releases, the basics don't change and Russell empowers you with understanding. I have read other books on this subject and none is explained as well. Great job, Russell!

I manage a group of "non-programmers" who do Access programming for a living. A couple months ago we were handed a SQL server in anticipation of moving our incredibly complex Access databases on to SQL. No instructions, no guidance, nothing. I started looking for any references but could not find any thing. When I saw the title of this book, From Access to SQL Server, I thought I might be on to something. After receiving the book I knew I made the right decision.This book is laid out in an easy to read and understand format. Assumptions are made that the reader has a clue and actually does know how to open a file. This is not a dummy-idiot book; I didn't feel that I was wasting my time searching through things that were completely redundant.Helpful items are the screen shots and conversion suggestions or warnings. I really feel that with this reference tool we will be able to accomplish the task given us.

This is a great book in that it targets a specific need, and fills it.After developing in Access and programming with VBA for four years I thought I could handle moving to SQL Server without a great deal of assistance. Not true. There are lots of things different - lots of 'gotchas' that exist in SQL Server as do in every development environment. Learning them through trial and error is not a pleasant experience. This book help you avoid dead ends and move your project to completion as painlessly as possible.In particular I appreciated the help with the decision to use ODBC or an Access project and how to approach stored procedures and use them to best advantage.Rarely have I come across a book where just about every paragraph, no every sentence - contains useful information. This one does. It makes for kind of a dry writing style, but if you can picture having a highly experienced expert at your shoulder as you migrate your database from Access to SQL Server, whispering tips at the appropriate times, then you will know what this book can do for you.

If you're trying to get into using Access Data Projects (.adp files) with Access 2000 and SQL Server data, this book is great in that most of the information you need is right here in one place. Russel has done us a great service, in that there is very little written about .adp's anywhere - for some reason Microsoft has kept it a "stealth" technology. I had to spend dozens of hours searching the web to come up with what's in Russell's book.In addition, Russell includes pretty much everything you need to know to get a very good start on working with SQL Server. In fact, outside of advanced SQL administration, the book is very useful as a SQL Server developer's reference.Russell has done a great job of packing a lot of useful information into this book. I've seen a number of books in the past few years with titles like "Client-Server Development in Access" that frankly were total flops. It's a hard thing to write about. But Russell has succeeded.

The versions it relates to are out of date, probably decent enough when up to date. I managed to get some useful info from it but I strongly suggest getting something much more recent.

Das Auflagedatum ist mit 2008 angegeben. Dennoch handelt es sich leider um ein Buch aus dem Jahre 2000. Insofern sind leider nur Basis-Informationen zu erwarten, die zum Teil veraltet sein dürften.-- edit einige Zeit später: Das vorherige stimmt weiterhin, es gibt Informationen zu alten Versionen. Dennoch hilft dieses Buch beim Umstieg mit reichlich Wissen und Tipps. Nüchtern betrachtet wäre mir der Einstieg ohne dieses Buch sehr viel schwerer gefallen, und heute verdiene ich mit dem SQl Server (z.T.) mein Geld.Danke für dieses Buch. Aber bitte mal updaten..!

Just what you'd expect when ordering, what more can you say other than it does pretty much what it says on the tin...what more you could ask for