Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-07 Thread Alex Roston
used it, but I know that there is an ODBC driver for SQLite, so that may satisfy your needs for using the Access front-end, integrating with other applications, etc. Allan Miller - Original Message - From: "Allan, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, S

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-07 Thread Anne Kirchhellen
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 18:05:36 +0100, you wrote: Hello Mark I think, either Access or ODBC is not a real good idea. SQLite is a real good idea, if you need a small embedded database. So far as I know, its even not a good idea, to compare MySQL and Postgres to SQLite, because MySQL is a Client/Ser

RE: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-07 Thread Robert Simpson
> -Original Message- > From: Allan, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:06 AM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access > > Hi, > > After successfully using SQLite on an embedded device, we a

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread Jay Sprenkle
On 9/6/06, Allan, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, This would be used in place of an MS Access database on a local/network disk. I believe that SQLite should be quicker for both transactions and queries than Access. The one draw I've repeatedly seen database corruption with Access in mu

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread John Stanton
Sqlite is far more portable than Access. There is also an ODBC interface available so that you can use the standard SQL/CLI API. Just be wary of the fact that Sqlite does not have a server like PostgreSQL so you may run into some locking situations if you have your database distributed across

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread Allan Miller
-- From: "Allan, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access Hi, After successfully using SQLite on an embedded device, we are now thinking of using SQLite in a PC application. This would be used in place of a

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread w b
Mark, If you looking for accessibility to your SQLITE DB from within other windows applications (That support ODBC) then there is an ODBC driver for SQLITE which is probably the most common manner to access databases. Take a look at the following link. http://www.ch-werner.de

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread Clay Dowling
What level of access is needed from outside of the application? There are nice GUIs available for SQLite that people could use. There is in theory ODBC access as well, although my experience with ODBC and SQlite was not especially happy. Clay Allan, Mark said: > Hi, > > After successfully using

Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread P Kishor
On 9/6/06, Allan, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, After successfully using SQLite on an embedded device, we are now thinking of using SQLite in a PC application. This would be used in place of an MS Access database on a local/network disk. I believe that SQLite should be quicker for both

[sqlite] SQLite vs MS Access

2006-09-06 Thread Allan, Mark
Hi, After successfully using SQLite on an embedded device, we are now thinking of using SQLite in a PC application. This would be used in place of an MS Access database on a local/network disk. I believe that SQLite should be quicker for both transactions and queries than Access. The one draw