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 > >> > >>This page and any accompanying documents contain confidential > >>information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you > >>are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > >>disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained > >>herein (including any reliance thereon) is strictly prohibited. If > >>you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact > >>the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in > >>electronic or hard copy format. > >> > >> > >>-----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? > >>> > >> > >>******************************************************** > >>This Weeks Sponsor SeamlessPlanet.com Domain Names > >>Register your .com domain name for as low as $7.85 > >>One of the lowest prices on the web! 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