Coming at Programmers with the Boost of a Jet Engine Announcing SQL: Access to SQL Server from Apress

New title from Apress, Berkeley, California, teaches rules and syntax necessary to master Jet SQL and T-SQL while presenting time-saving information and instructions.

Berkeley, CA-January 28, 2002-Apress announces the release of SQL: Access to SQL Server by Susan Sales Harkins and Martin Reid. This book offers what readers have come to expect from high quality Apress titles by covering material above and beyond most of the other reference books on the market today. Programming professionals will appreciate the inclusion of SQL solutions for common Access problems as well as the plethora of helpful hints and warnings about what to avoid when working with either of these technologies.

Highlights from this title include:

·Teaches the rules and syntax necessary to master Jet SQL and T-SQL
·Presents time-saving information on upsizing from Access to SQL Server
·Instructs readers how to leverage new features in Access 2002 when working with SQL Server
·Offers advice and tips from top industry professionals

Authors Susan Sales Harkins and Martin Reid take readers on a journey into the world of SQL Server 2000 by first teaching the installation of SQL Server and moving through an introduction to XML and ASP. While using Data Access Projects, readers will learn about the new features of SQL Server 2000, including functions and return tables. The authors highlight not only the enormous opportunities awaiting you as an Access developer, but also the potential challenges and pitfalls you may face as you move from Access to SQL Server 2000.

About the Book
SQL: Access to SQL Server
ISBN: 1-893115-30-5
$49.95US/744p.                                                                                     More information, a sample chapter, a table of contents, and downloadable source code are available online at http://www.apress.com/catalog/book/1893115305/.

About the Authors
Susan Sales Harkins is an independent consultant specializing in Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, and VBA. For several years, Susan was an editor-in-chief at The Cobb Group. She is also the author of two books on Access: Using Microsoft Access 97 and Using Microsoft Access 2000.

Martin Reid is an analyst with The Queens College University in Belfast and is also a contributor to CNets Comparison/Competition" column. He has been working with relational databases for more than 15 years, and he also currently works with several organizations in Northern Ireland providing database solutions to common business problems.

All Apress titles are available at bookstores nationwide and from Springer Verlag New York, Inc. at 800-777-4643; fax 212-533-3503. Contact us for more information at sales@apress.com.

For a review copy, author interview, or more information about Apress innovative approach to publishing, contact Hollie Fischer at 510-549-5938 or hollie_fischer@apress.com.

About Apress
Apress, located in Berkeley, CA, is a fast-growing, innovative publishing company devoted to meeting the needs of existing and potential programming professionals. Simply put, the A" in Apress stands for the Authors Press" and its books have The Experts Voice". Its unique approach to publishing grew out of conversations between its founders Dan Appleman and Gary Cornell, authors of numerous best-selling, highly regarded books for programming professionals. In 1998, they set out to create a publishing company that emphasized quality above all else. Gary and Dans vision has resulted in the publication of over 50 titles by leading software professionals, all of which have The Experts Voice.