Jet Database Engine

An Overview of the Microsoft Jet Database Engine
Provides a general overview of the Microsoft Jet database engine, including the history of updates through version 3.5 and the services provided by the engine.

Data Access Objects Fundamentals
Microsoft white paper containing documentation from a technical education session about data access objects (DAO). It includes the basics of DAO programming and common techniques for manipulating data.

An Overview of ODBC and the Jet Database Engine
An overview of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and how the ODBCDirect feature of Data Access Objects (DAO) version 3.5 gives you access to ODBC data sources without going through the Microsoft Jet database engine. This paper also covers strategies for optimizing your data access and performance for different scenarios.

Sharing Databases With Users of Previous Versions of Microsoft Access
This article discusses the pros and cons of the two strategies for sharing databases between different versions of Microsoft Access.

Microsoft Access 97 Conversion Issues
Most earlier-version Microsoft Access databases convert to Microsoft Access 97 with no difficulty. In some rare cases, however, new features can conflict with existing objects and code in the converted database. This white paper summarises issues you may encounter when you convert your database.

Everything You Need to Know About Data Access
An expert explains the differences between DAO, RDO, ODBCDirect, and ADO, and what you should be using for your applications today.

Microsoft Jet FAQ
Answers frequently asked questions about the Microsoft Jet database engine.

Database Normalization
Summarizes relational database concepts, including normalization, primary and compound keys, and referential integrity.

Stages of normalization
Describes the steps required to normalize data.

What is a Relational Database Management System?
The page presents lecture notes describing relational database management systems (RDBMS).

ZD Net database articles
This page hosts a collection of news articles related to flat-file and relational databases for personal computers and networks.

Visual dBASE Web Magazine
Offers recent news stories, articles, tips, conference information, company and home page links, and resources for Borland's Visual dBASE product.