* Provides a good foundation for Microsoft Access and Visual Basic database programming * Offers thorough coverage of object-oriented programming, including how to create data handling classes and ActiveX controls for code reusability * Covers DAO, ADO, ASP, and SQL, and demonstrates how to take data mining to the next level

John Connell is a vice president at First Chicago NDB Bank. He has master's degrees in computer science and business administration. John teaches computer programming classes at DePaul University in Chicago, and he has designed and written several financial programs in Visual Basic that are currently in use in many of the largest companies in the United States.