Sun's Java web site has excellent step-by-step tutorials on database
programming:

  http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jdbc/

and on GUI design using the Swing framework:

  http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/

These are written at a level which assumes some knowledge of Java, so
they should be suitable for you.  The JDBC tutorial even explains basic
SQL concepts, so you will be able to follow it, even if you have never
queried a database in your life.

David Harper
Cambridge, England

blahb...@gmail.com wrote:

For the SQL language, try my company's tutorial -- http://www.firstsql.com/tutor.htm.

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see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/swing.html
and you can learn about each component.  Look especially at the sample
code.  Try running it and fiddling with it.  It is pretty simple once
you get a working program.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/sql.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdbc.html
to get you started.