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The MySQL Workshop

You're reading from   The MySQL Workshop A practical guide to working with data and managing databases with MySQL

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214905
Length 726 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Creating Your Database
2. Chapter 1: Background Concepts FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Creating a Database 4. Chapter 3: Using SQL to Work with a Database 5. Chapter 4: Selecting, Aggregating, and Applying Functions 6. Section 2: Managing Your Database
7. Chapter 5: Correlating Data across Tables 8. Chapter 6: Stored Procedures and Other Objects 9. Chapter 7: Creating Database Clients in Node.js 10. Chapter 8: Working with Data Using Node.js 11. Section 3: Querying Your Database
12. Chapter 9: Microsoft Access – Part 1 13. Chapter 10: Microsoft Access – Part 2 14. Chapter 11: MS Excel VBA and MySQL – Part 1 15. Chapter 12: Working With Microsoft Excel VBA – Part 2 16. Section 4: Protecting Your Database
17. Chapter 13: Getting Data into MySQL 18. Chapter 14: Manipulating User Permissions 19. Chapter 15: Logical Backups 20. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Introduction to MS Access

In the previous chapter, we learned how to use MySQL with Node.js to manipulate a database and read and output data to several common data destinations. Now, we will learn about MS Access.

Before we begin, let's discuss what MS Access is all about. It is a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that was released by Microsoft in late 1992. It provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) so that you can easily and interactively develop queries, forms, and reports. It provides the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language, which was specifically designed for database development, as well as a host of libraries that add programming features that aren't included in the basic installation. These libraries are provided by Microsoft as well as third-party applications, and they can be integrated into MS Access applications. MS Access has had 11 version releases since 1992, with the current version being MS Access 2019. Unlike most RDBMSs...

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