Many thanks, Fred. -John
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred J. Stephens Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:36 PM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] reading MS Access 97 files Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Fred J. Stephens wrote: > >> But to us former Access users, "database" is quick shorthand. > > Fred, > > Access is a joke. At least, that's what my colleagues who must work in the > Microsoft world tell me. I agree. Thats why I said "former" user. Anyway, I am rusty in Access, haven't used it since switching to Linux 4-5 years ago. I had forgotten all about the DAO, ADO stuff that Michael mentioned. >> And I did say later in the post that sqlite is a database engine. > > That's ambiguous. If it's good enough for DRH to refer to it thus on his website, it's good enough for me! :-) I understand the distinction, but I was just trying to help John get a quick overview of the situation until more knowledgeable users chimed in. Now they have, so I will bow out. Fred Stephens _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
