Access 2003 for Starters
by Kate J. Chase & Scott Palmer

This errata page lists errors outstanding in the most recent printing.

If you have technical questions or error reports, you can send them to
booktech@oreilly.com.  Please specify the printing date of your copy.

This page was updated December 7, 2006.

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	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification



Confirmed errors:



(9)  Insert, "When Not to Use a Database Manager";
Entire insert should be deleted, as it is a duplicate of the insert on page 5.
Replace it with the following:
UP TO SPEED 
What About the Big Guys? 
The word database is a little abused in the computer world. Both Microsoft Access and 
MySQL--an open source database that you can use free, if you have the skills, manpower, hardware 
and know-how--are considered database programs, but they're about as similar as chocolate 
cake and dry flour. In reality, there are two kinds of database programs available. One kind
is very powerful (as in, run-the-federal-government powerful) and very complicated (MySQL is in this
class). These programs just hold data, and computer programmers use these sophisticated, and expensive,
tools when they build big systems for big companies. The other kind of database program--sometimes
called a desktop database--is less powerful and a lot easier to use, but it actually does a lot more. 
In addition to holding lots of data, these programs provide an interface to access, organize, and search
the data. This interface includes the menus, graphics, and text that let you work with the data, much
like any other computer program. In other words, you don't need a computer science degree to create a
powerful database when you've got a desktop program like Access.


[10]  1st paragraph;
"The keyboard shortcut for opening an Access database is CTRL+S."

should be:
"The keyboard shortcut for SAVING an Access database is CTRL+S."



{73}  the table;
A field is missing from the table:

PhoneNumber / Text / No Change


[199]  Figure 6-7;
Figure should show only Montpelier in the City column.

[Editorial will supply new figure.]