[AccessD] Access doldrums??

Depends on the part of the country, I suspect.  Here you would have to
go out and pitch a project and then persuade them to use Access.
Mostly government work here and the IT departments don't want to know
about Access

Charlotte Foust

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Jim Hewson <jm.hwsn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in the US and Access jobs are around.
> I'm working a strictly Access contract now.
> No SQL server involved.  I import and export to Excel.
> Import from another group and export so the researchers can use SPSS.
> I've heard of several possibilities for the near future.
> BTW - requirement of the contract Access 2007.
> I like it, it has features that 2003 doesn't have.  One being memo fields
> with RTF capabilities.
> I've found no degradation of speed with the memo fields either.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:01 PM
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> You definitely are outside of the USA .... correct ?
> Access contracts/jobs are for naught around here.
> Rates are near ridiculous...especially if you go thru a broker/agency.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
>> McLachlan
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:39 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access doldrums??
>>
>> I'm getting busier and busier.  Suddenly getting a lot of work on
>> enhancing systems I built over a number of years plus I've just picked
>> up a couple of new projects which will be Access based.
>>
>> --
>> Stuart
>>
>> On 3 Aug 2010 at 8:44, Doug Murphy wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Have not seen any traffic on the list for a while. Very
>> little Access
>> > work related for even longer. What is the experience of
>> developers on
>> > the number of Access projects required by companies now
>> compared to a
>> > year ago?
>> >
>> > Doug
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