This new edition of the highly successful Visual Basic Database Programming is updated and expanded to cover Visual Basic 5.0. Database experts Karen Watterson and Ibrahim Malluf show programmers at all levels how to write database applications quickly and efficiently. Readers will learn how to work with relational databases, develop client/server applications, use SQL effectively, and work with the Access engine, other PC databases, OLE 2.0, and more. The book covers important technologies such as SQL & SQL server, ADO, RDO, Jet Engine and ActiveX. The CD-ROM includes source code examples from the book, useful ActiveX controls, utilities, and a full working version of Visual Basic 5 Control Creation Edition. -- Revision of a successful book that sold more than 25,000 units (12K in the first year following publication) -- One of the first books written on the final, released version of VB 5, including late bug fixes and add-on capabilities introduced after the formal product launch -- Full coverage of essential database design principles, multi-tier client/server programming issues, and Internet/WWW requirements