I looked through this book at Barnes and Noble - they had it for 48.99 in the store. I was actually very impressed and considered purchasing it. I went with a wrox book instead because I was more interested in C# examples and while this book covered both, it appeared to me to have more VB.NET examples.

Tracy

>The Self-Paced Training Kit got very poor reviews at Amazon. The reviews said it was just a rehash of the online help.
>
>>Two additional recomendations:
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>>1. ADO .NET Step by Step from MSPress
>>2. MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Windows Based Applications with VB .NET and C# .NET also from MSPress
>>
>>>I am an experienced VFP programmer just starting with VB.NET. I would like to start with a simple database program with SQL Server as the back end, using whatever are recognized as "standard techniques" for this technology.
>>>
>>>Is there a simple tutorial-level sample, book or article anyone would particularly recommend for someone like me?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Don Meuse