I have VB 6.0, and $400.00 worth of DB creation and MS books.  I need to
create a DB app. for a small business (business is very unique, and no
retail software is available).  The data part of the app. is an immediate
issue.  In other words, I need to start the actual data part ASAP, and I
will figure out the custom GUI, etc. later.

Question is, should I start entering existing data in an Access or Excel
database now, and bind it to the custom app. when it is ready?  Or, is there
something else I should do first?

Thank everyone!
Bill

Bill,

Being new myself (read:take this advice with a huge grain of salt) it
sounds like you have a grasp of your approach to SDLC already.

Not sure which books (texts) you might have, but I recommend Microsoft's
Quick Course for the Access DB and John Smiley's Learn to Program Visual
Basic Databases to help you to quickly get up to speed. Both texts
almost seamlessly compliment each other.

Best,
Jerry

Sure, it's better if you can start with a access DB, becouse when you'll
start to code the application you will be already sure database structure is
ok. In fact by knowing perfectly the field and the kind of field you have to
use before starting to code, you'll not have problems like change a field in
a sql statemant or just in a VB class.
Just thing I advise you to do is not use the counter for tables IDs, but a
long numeric field.
If you are going to buy some tutorial, I advise you to buy the VB course of
KeyStone. It's a bit expansive , but really wanderful, and it gives to you
whatever you need for a multi-tier application.

Good luck