MS Access

[Fresh]

Has anyone got or does anyone know of anywhere to get free MS Access tutorials? Ive never used it and could do with doing a short [free] course so I can claim knowledge of access on my CV.

[/dev/null]

hehe, you're better off looking up something on databases rather than specifically access...

[Fresh]

Well, most of the companies Ive applied to have asked specifically for MS Office and im great at Word, Excel and Powerpoint, just havent needed to use access at all. Not many have said experience of databases as such, usually state access.

[Jaffa]

Learn MS Access 2003 in 24 hours.

Dont know if this is any good m8 but ive stored here:

h**p://download.yousendit.com/BC288BC64ED9DC72

Please comment on it so i/we know if its of any use.

The link is live for only 7 days, after that if ne1 wants it give me a shout.

[eolair]

if you are halfway technical/it literate, download any of the free databases - eg mysql. If you're on a windows system, get Cygwin (www.cygwin.com) too.

Get yourself a free SQL/database tutorial and practice. You'll have covered most of it in 2-3 days.

These will mostly be text/command line based, but the theory is identical to Access - all you need to work your way round is the GUI.

[Gazzy]

I agree with what the guys have previously said - that said, if you need Access-specific stuff, checkout http://databases.about.com/cs/tutorials/.

Make sure you learn about relational database theory (e.g. normalisation) before you write anything production-level though.

HTH,

G