[windows2000] Re: Access

  • From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:26:19 -0500

i'll second AccessDevelopers @ yahoogroups and I will also second that
Access sucks as a back end unless you have two or three people.  MySQL
makes a great back end database.

Greg


On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:55:15 -0800, Chris Berry
<chris_berry-list-windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Haven't used Clarion so I can't be sure.  Access is ISAM, which overall
> is just not that great a way to store data.  Data loss, crashes, index
> rebuilds, all the joys of a non-enterprise level technology.
> 
> Chris Berry
> chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Systems Administrator
> JM Associates & Coast Business Service
> 
> "The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal
> with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.  -John Foster
> Dulles"
> 
> Daryl Ehrenheim wrote:
> > So what your telling us is that if we have a program that we are migrating
> > from that uses something like... The Clarion database to a newly custom
> > written program that uses Access as its back end...that I am screwed from a
> > support standpoint.... I had a feeling.
> >
> > Daryl S. Ehrenheim
> > Bargreen Ellingson IT Support
> >
> > PS. Isn't it supposed to be "zarro boogs"? (Re: CD Ripper died)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Berry [mailto:chris_berry-list-windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:49 PM
> > To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [windows2000] Re: Access
> >
> >
> > Oh, by the way, don't get me wrong, Access makes a great _front end_
> > just a really terrible _back end_
> >
> > Chris Berry
> > chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Systems Administrator
> > JM Associates & Coast Business Service
> >
> > "The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal
> > with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.  -John Foster
> > Dulles"
> >
> >
> > Toby Bierly wrote:
> >
> >>I guess I'm out too.  AccessDevelopers at Yahoo Groups is one I like.
> >>But yeah, make sure you do the database right, or IT will get REALLY
> >>mad at you. In my case, I am IT, so I only get yelled at by myself.
> >>
> >>Toby
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Jonathan Jesse" <jjesse@xxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:33 AM
> >>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Access
> >>
> >>
> >>I have signed up for three so that means I can never ever work in IT
> >>again :)
> >>
> >>Jonathan Jesse
> >>Network+, Linux+, A+
> >>MCSA
> >>Network Specialist
> >>Founders Trust Personal Bank
> >>
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> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Beckett
> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:20 PM
> >>To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> >>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Access
> >>
> >>Tempting...
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Chris Berry
> >>[mailto:chris_berry-list-windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:14 PM
> >>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Access
> >>
> >>
> >>Yes, but anyone who signs up is automatically barred from ever working
> >>in IT again.
> >>
> >>Chris Berry
> >>chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Systems Administrator
> >>JM Associates & Coast Business Service
> >>
> >>"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to
> >>deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.  -John
> >>Foster
> >>
> >>Dulles"
> >>
> >>Bill Beckett wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Do you guys know if there is an MS Access list?
> >>>
> >>
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