Laurence,
does this imply that you cannot access a MS Access database unless the whole
Access product is installed on the client machine ?
Simon Mahony,
SYstem Creator,
MetService.
> For small projects, we tend to use Access db's. Most
> businesses already have
> Office and hence have Access installed.
>
> We've used two BDE alternatives which are royalty-free.
>
> Opus DirectAccess - requires installation of special DLL's
> and a couple of
> registry entries on each client PC but can be automated and
> otherwise is
> fast and painless. Only supports Access db's.
>
> ODBC98 - most popular db's now have ODBC support and this is
> very fast. This
> set of components requires only a data source to be set up on
> the client, no
> DLL's. It now features a component to do the setup for you.
>
> Both are well supported and reasonably bug-free.
>
> Laurence Bevan
>
>
>
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