Important Question

[a]

Can any MVP tell us:

What is the step needed to be Expert as MVP (in Access) ?

Can any MVP tell us the story How he began and how he become Expert in
access..

Example:

What I want:

1- I began by take courses in access

2- I read many book

3- I design many data base

4- Be patient

Please tell us what else can do to be Access Expert and is this good steps
or there are more

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

Access is not difficult to learn, but taking a course at a junior college is
a quick way to learn the basics. I never took a course in Access, but I did
take a course in Visual Basic programming. More importantly, a book in
database design, such as:

Steven Roman's Access Database Design and Programming

or:

Michael J. Hernadez's Database Design for Mere Mortals

I spent 3 years designing databases, reading, watching the newsgroups, etc.
before I wrote my first custom database for someone else. I began writing
and answering questions on the newsgroups soon after Access 2.0 came out in
1994, first in the CompuServe forums, then the UseNet newsgroups, then when
Microsoft started their newsgroups in 1995. In 1995 I started writing
professional databases, although they were fairly simple. By 1997, I had
become a Novell admin, and a MCSE. In the fall of that year I got a
full-time job as an Access programmer. In 1998, I was asked to become an
MVP, but had to turn it down because of time conflicting commitments. In the
year 2000, I was asked again and accepted.

I have spent 15 years now working with Access and 10 years working with
SQL-Server.

 

[a]

Thank you for your answer
i get the book
Michael J. Hernadez's Database Design for Mere Mortals
and I will take a course in VB

 

[Klatuu]

Finding a course in VB may not be that easy. Traditional VB is a dead
language. Microsoft no longer supplies or supports it. Everything has gone
..Net, so there is a VB.Net, but it is very different from traditional VB and
not at all like Microsoft Office VBA.

It would be great if you could find a course that focuses on VBA for Access.

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

Our local community college has a course in Access (VBA) programming. I'd
bet that quite a few community colleges do.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com