Making a datta base with Office XP

[Trevor]

I am trying to make a data base to categorize my card
collection and the prices of individual cards. I would
like to know if it is possible to have access down load
card names and prices from a web site and if so how would
I go about doing this? I am currently using Office XP

 

[Randall Arnold]

What you're asking is technically possible but will require some expertise
on your part. It's not as simple as someone in a newsgroup tossing you a
few lines of instructions.

If you're really interested in this, I highly recommend attending a local
community college course in Access, or at the very least picking up a good
beginner's guide at your local bookstore. Look for examples in the index of
Access books that might pertain to what you're after. Sometimes learning by
following an author's examples is the best way (which is how I taught myself
Access). I'm betting there are examples on the internet of exactly what
you're trying to do; search on Google and you may turn up some ready-made
solutions you may only have to slightly (if at all) modify.

Access can be a deceptively complex program, especially as you get into
unique situations. It is not an app that one can futz around and use like
Word or even Excel for that matter. You need to become familiar with
relational database theory to truly understand what's going on so that you
will become an adept user (or even developer). Try the
msnews.microsoft.access newsgroup (among others) to get more specific info.

Randall Arnold

 

[Gary Smith]

If you're really interested in this, I highly recommend attending a local
community college course in Access, or at the very least picking up a good
beginner's guide at your local bookstore.

Can you recommend a good beginner's guide to Access? It's definitely not
something you can learn by just trying things.

 

[Randall Arnold]

It's been a while since I had to use a beginner's guide, so I don't know
that I can pick one from the current crop! However, I really like the books
by IDG, Microsoft Press, and Sybex. The selection method that always worked
for me was to spend a few hours in Barnes and Noble just poring through the
books on the shelf until I found the one that best suited my reading style
(I'm a go-to-the-index-first kinda reader) and had the examples I needed. A
CD is a big plus too.

Randall Arnold

 

[Gary Smith]

It's been a while since I had to use a beginner's guide, so I don't know
that I can pick one from the current crop! However, I really like the books
by IDG, Microsoft Press, and Sybex. The selection method that always worked
for me was to spend a few hours in Barnes and Noble just poring through the
books on the shelf until I found the one that best suited my reading style
(I'm a go-to-the-index-first kinda reader) and had the examples I needed. A
CD is a big plus too.

Thanks. I'll give that a try.