In a government office I worked, where I was the Development Manager, i had a few "wars" with the administration because they wanted the databases to be in access and the aplications should follow the access structure and not the SQL structure
2011/6/10 Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> > You should try our answer.... > > Us - "Sounds like you need to budget for another developer for it" > Them - "But it's business critical" > Us - "Sounds like you should be able to find the funding for a position > then." > > Now, this doesn't actually always work, but it works most of the time > fortunatly. Partly because we actively scan for access databases on our > network shares and then give them our policy which is, we don't support it > please let us know who your business contact is that does so we know where > to direct issue requests too. > > The few occasions tey do make it 'our problem' we help them find the > funding so it can be converted to a more sustainable app on one of the SQL > databases. Then it goes in the end of year reports as a big giant reminder. > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Matthew B Ames > <matthew.a...@qinetiq.com>wrote: > >> We have had the “cottage-industry” of Access applications across the >> company I work for too. They are developed by normal staff who then >> leave/move on and then these things chug along for a bit and then start to >> fail and end up in my department for fixing. L >> >> >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >> *Sent:* 10 June 2011 14:56 >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Access form password >> >> >> >> Thanks everyone for all the pointers. However...I think the database is >> corrupted. It can't be repaired, you can't view the database properties, it >> throws an index error every time - and according to Google, that points to a >> database "corrupted beyond repair". Even though the users are still managing >> to utilize it. Somehow. >> >> >> I think I may try to use this as the starting point for a larger project >> to get the myriad small Access databases dotted around the place >> consolidated into a single SQL-based system with proper maintenance and >> authentication etc. >> >> I am so glad it's Friday afternoon :-) >> >> On 10 June 2011 14:52, Daniel Rodriguez <drod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It may help if you could see the contents of the .df files. There are some >> free viewers. DBFPlus comes to mind. You may also need to convert those .dbf >> files. DBFConvert probably do the trick for you. That way you dont have to >> go hunting for an older version of Access. Then I use a hex editor to look >> at those forms. 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