What you say about clients being able to do their own reports etc. is true,
but in my experience, it also exposes the data too easily for the client to
muck around with....i.e. "oh hello...whats this table thing....ag...thats
old data...I will just delete it"
It happend to me some years back.....
Jeremy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Phil Scadden
> Sent: Friday, 19 May 2000 09:40
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Delphi v Access. (Was So what do people think of the
> Corel/Inprise/Borland not thing?)
>
>
> > > Very true. I know a frightening about VB without having a "real" VB
> > simply because of MS Access. (Yes, Access sucks, but its still
> far faster than
> > Delphi or quick applications and its on everyones desktop so dont have
> > installation hassles.
> >
> > This is not true the number of clients I come across with grotty Access
> > Apps and they have mixed
> > Office versions (with and WO Access) and the want to make it multiuser -
> > they baulk when you tell them they have to upgrade all their
> Office Software - esp if they are on
>
> Sorry, I meant its on every desktop in MY organization. I am
> certainly not promoting
> Access for external work. And by quick, I mean what can you
> deliver if you have
> at most 2-3 days for development? With competent users what you
> produce in Access
> can be also extended since they can make their own reports and
> queries fairly easily.
> In the same time period, what you produce in Delphi is far more closed and
> generally needs some kind of installation.
>
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