Good book for an absolute beginner on VB.net or 2005 with databases

Hello all!
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I'm looking for a very good book for an absolute beginner on
VB.net or VB 2005 with emphasis on databases. What would you
reccommend?
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Thanks!
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weight gain 2000,
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Are you an experienced database programmer but an absolute
beginner with the particular tool, VB2005?
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Or have you never written a line of code in any language?
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Kerry Moorman

Kerry Moorman wrote:
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The person I'm willing to buy this book for has absolutely no
programming experience (well, maybe he did a bit of fortran as
part of his undergraduate courses but I consider this no
experience at all, and he admits not remembering anything at
all). He just wants to learn an easy way to program database
stuff (hence VB 2005 + databases)...
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So, I'm looking for a good introductory book for him.
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If your experience suggests something else, feel free to correct
me
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weight gain 2000,
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In my opinion, your friend really needs to take one or two introductory
courses at a community/technical/undergraduate college.
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The courses should cover the fundamental concepts of program design and
development that are common to all programming languages:
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Algorithms
Variables
Sequence
Selection
Repetition
Code organization using procedures
Elementary data structures, such as arrays and structures
Code organization using classes and objects
Collections
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I think an introductory course in database design is also very important,
even for experienced programmers who need to design a database structure as
part of their coding projects.
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With this fundamental background as context, it might then be possible to
pick up specific Visual Basic skills from a book.
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Kerry Moorman
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"weight gain 2000" wrote:
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weight gain 2000,
>
In my opinion, your friend really needs to take one or two
introductory courses at a community/technical/undergraduate
college.
>
The courses should cover the fundamental concepts of program
design and development that are common to all programming
languages:
>
Algorithms
Variables
Sequence
Selection
Repetition
Code organization using procedures
Elementary data structures, such as arrays and structures
Code organization using classes and objects
Collections
>
I think an introductory course in database design is also very
important, even for experienced programmers who need to design
a database structure as part of their coding projects.
>
With this fundamental background as context, it might then be
possible to pick up specific Visual Basic skills from a book.
>
Kerry Moorman