Hi, Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 8:52:02 AM, you wrote:
>> Fra: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:22:49 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> > Is there anyone on the list with Access experience who can answer some >> > questions? >> >> There's only one question that matters when Access is involved. And >> the answer is run fast, run far, run until you're foaming at the >> withers, but get away from Access and get a reliable database. >> > I don't agree, I liked Access, I built and ran a database for a former employer and > for small firms and home use it's OK. With some programming experience you can do a > lot of things. The only > problem we had was that our based was built in Access 2.0, but when Access 97 > arrived it turneed out that M$ had left out some code that lost the backwards > compatibility.... Despite all its faults, Access is an extremely useful prototyping tool. Somebody who understands the fundamentals of relational database design can turn round high quality prototypes several times a day, get the feedback and show programmers exactly what the users like. Users love this kind of service, having a working artifact to play with and discuss. It's very productive. Just don't use it for large-scale production systems. -- Cheers, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
