• Registered: 2014-02-14
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Topic: Database For Beginners (Book)

I started writing a book about the database and use My Visual Database.


Please let me know if you found some errors (grammatical and syntax errors).
Many thanks to Yann Yvinec for the translate! )


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Book:
http://myvisualdatabase.com/download/Bo … tabase.pdf

Dmitry.
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Book is updated.

Dmitry.
  • Registered: 2014-04-22
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Dmistriy

This is excellent and so far reads good English, This is what people needed to understand what your database is all about especially new people to database creation or application design.

Brilliant

  • Registered: 2014-06-25
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Great initiative, I would suggest to set the table content at the beginning of the book and to give a more pertinent title to this manual by including My Visual Database.

I have read quickly through and could spot some typos:

Page 7 section a foreign key...(section 1.4)
Page 11 client table: ....phone(client)
Page 13 some reference to chapt 2.3 would be welcome and developing the additional options would be great.

Nice trick page 33-34 about the double entry in combo.

More basic tricks like this one would be welcome big_smile

  • Registered: 2014-08-02
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Hello tcoton

Can you tell me more about the errors that you have noticed on the pages mentioned that I can fix them quickly

thanks in advance

JB

  • Registered: 2015-05-04
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Hello Dmitry, you have the DOC or ODT version, I would like to translate it into Portuguese, for my use and I also make it available here.

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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Gilberto_Schiavinatto wrote:

Hello Dmitry, you have the DOC or ODT version, I would like to translate it into Portuguese, for my use and I also make it available here.

Doc version
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmby5vfhkajwj … e.doc?dl=0


Thank you!

Dmitry.
  • Registered: 2015-05-04
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Ok,
Thank you

  • Registered: 2019-10-08
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

HI All,
The book has convinced me that this program will continue to develop and mature. Well written and simple to understand with plenty of illustrations.
I have been programming with Alpha 5 for over 15 years. Unfortunately, they are now well out of my price range. Over $5k.  MVD is a perfect solution at a wonderfully realistic price.
Good luck to all.

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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

Hello.


Thanks for the feedback.

Dmitry.
  • Registered: 2019-07-17
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Re: Database For Beginners (Book)

DriveSoft wrote:

Book is updated.

Like the book !!  Gives a new user a jump start.

Have a few Manual Corrections/Suggestions, my latest copy was downloaded on Nov 29, 2020

pg 21 ... identify the TableGrid on Form1
pg 38 ... 2.2.8 [Cancel] Button Form1  s/b frmRent   ???
pg 73 ... Figure 63  and wording start using the word/term Cust where as you have been using Client
exclusively to that point..
pg 74 ... line spacing before "Configuring the frmCustTypeAdd"
pg 90-93 ... the Report Writer uses the term "bands", why change the terminology to "block"?

Follow On thoughts for the book to really finish up the Rent2 example

Introduce the script to:

calculate the date difference between rent start & rent end
use that to calculate total rent rather than user doing that

how to right-align COST column on "Rented Equipment" Report
to dress it up.

Advanced Idea...  Allow for Manual Override of Total Cost ... just an idea.

Regards,
Keith