Hi Cliff. Recently, i bought a book for databases, it contains an introduction for asp and its relation with SQL. "Database Design and Programming" for John Carter, Second Edition. www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/textbooks/carter
When I started learning ASP none of the books were much use, learning VBScript painful and finding my way around the object oriented functions was even more painful.
The VBScript reference was the most useful book I had, I think you can download it from the MicroSoft site.