[AccessD] Access 2013 -- MDB Back Ends Dead?

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Jul 22 17:09:49 CDT 2012


Hi Dan:

I think what John means is the MS Access's very pretty interface is
unaffected by the internet and if it is connecting to a real SQL server MS
SQL, SQL Express, MySQL etc...; then everything is just fine as you should
expect.

As for a MDB DB connected across the internet, that would be madness. After
a few unexpected disconnects the MDB would be corrupted and after a while,
maybe a few week or two of heavy use the DB would be unrecoverable. Been
there, done that and learned my lesson. (It took two or three times but I
was stubborn...it is sort of like cutting on a table saw with a blind fold.
You may get away with it for a long time, before you loss a finger.)

Jim

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:53 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2013 -- MDB Back Ends Dead?

John - what does 'Access FEs play nice even across the internet.' mean?

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 12:28 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2013 -- MDB Back Ends Dead?

 >> Looks like my abandonment of the MDB format and serious investment in
SQL Server (both alone and as a BE for Access projects) is going to pay off
big-time.

Yep.  Access FEs play nice even across the internet.  Win-Win.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 7/22/2012 11:23 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> I just picked up this from the Google+ Access Gurus group, posted by 
> Armen Stein, one of the MVPs there:
>
> "Speed is a whole different ballgame now. Since 2013 now uses SQL 
> Server to store the data, speed is much better, even over larger 
> recordsets. Also, aggregrate queries are supported again. Overall from 
> what I've seen, database size and speed are not concerns anymore."
>
> Looks like my abandonment of the MDB format and serious investment in 
> SQL Server (both alone and as a BE for Access projects) is going to 
> pay off big-time.
>

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