Access 2007 se poprilično razlikuje od prethodnih verzija, pre svega po novom i dopadljivom korisničkom interfejsu o kojem se mnogo govori - glavna traka je podeljena na kartice Home, Create, External Data i Database Tools, a tu je i novi meni Office.
Evo nekoliko najvažnijih izmena: - nova i poboljšana mašina baze podataka - tip podataka Attachment, što omogućava da se u bazi podataka čuvaju cele datoteke, uključujući slike, dokumente i tabele iz programa za tabelarne proračune - automatski razmeštaj, mogućnost koja grupiše povezane podatke u pregledne kolone ili tabele - kompleksni podaci, pomaže da se više vrednosti smesti u jedno polje - integrisanje sa servisima SharePoint - bolja zaštita pri upotrebi programskog koda
Objašnjene su sve Accessove funkcije, ponuđeni saveti koje su alatke korisne, a koje treba izbegavati kako biste za rekordno kratko vreme napravili sjajne baze podataka. Iz ove knjige naučićete kako da projektujete cele baze podataka za određene namene, kako da ih održavate, kako da u njima nalazite dragocena zrnca informacija i kako da pravite dopadljive obrasce za brzo i lako unošenje podataka.
Sadržaj Uvod Poglavlje 1: Izrada prve baze podataka Poglavlje 2: Izrada pametnijih tabela Poglavlje 3: Rad s tabelarnim prikazom: sortiranje, pretraživanje, filtriranje i drugo Poglavlje 4: Sprečavanje unosa neprihvatljivih podataka Poglavlje 5: Povezivanje tabela Poglavlje 6: Upiti za izdvajanje zapisa Poglavlje 7: Osnovni trikovi sa upitima Poglavlje 8: Upiti za ažuriranje zapisa Poglavlje 9: Analiziranje podataka pomoću unakrsnih upita i izvedenih tabela Poglavlje 10: Izrada izveštaja Poglavlje 11: Izrada složenijih izveštaja Poglavlje 12: Izrada jednostavnih obrazaca Poglavlje 13: Izrada složenijih obrazaca Poglavlje 14: Izrada navigacionog sistema Poglavlje 15: Automatizovanje poslova pomoću makroa Poglavlje 16: Automatizovanje poslova pomoću Visual Basica Poglavlje 17: Pisanje pametnijeg koda Poglavlje 18: Zajedničko korišćenje baze podataka Poglavlje 19: Uvoženje i izvoženje podataka Poglavlje 20: Povezivanje Accessa sa SQL Serverom Poglavlje 21: Povezivanje Accessa sa SharePointom Dodatak A: Prilagođavanje palete alatki Quick Access Spisak termina korišćenih u knjizi Indeks
O autoru Matthew MacDonald izuzetan je pisac i programer. Autor je knjiga Excel 2007: The Missing Manual, Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual, kao i desetak knjiga o programiranju u Microsoftovom okruženju .NET Framework.
Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. He's particularly known for his books about building websites, which include a do-it-from-scratch tutorial (Creating a Website: The Missing Manual), a look at cutting-edge HTML5 (HTML5: The Missing Manual), and a WordPress primer (WordPress: The Missing Manual). He's also written a series of books about programming on and off the Web with .NET, teaches programming at Ryerson University, and is a three-time Microsoft MVP.
I got Access 2007: The Missing Manual mainly because I wanted to know how to create forms using Access. I had enough familiarity with the Access and Excel to create basic databases but I remember creating forms using the older version of Access to be quite difficult, probably made more difficult by the fact that I had inherited the forms and was trying to fix them.
Access 2007: The Missing Manual starts the reader off with the very basics of creating simple databases. Then, gradually teaches the reader how to connect, filter, query, create forms, and print reports. Throughout, there are step by step instructions, illustrations, and tips. At first, Access seems pretty daunting but I found that by the time I got through the book, I was pretty confident taking what I learned and adapting it to my own needs.
I bought this after a class for which I registered was cancelled.
It seems fairly readable so far. If it can teach me what everyone says is the heinously complicated language of relational databases, then it will be a miracle!
Read this a couple of years ago, and it was very helpful. This series is my favorite for tech books, although I usually learn by Googling for tips and experimenting on my own.
of all the tech series i've encountered i like the missing manual (o'reilly) and head first (o'reilly) ones best. missing manual for the smooth conversational yet thorough writing, and head first for making things approachable and fun.