[AccessD] On DB Bloat, Bad DB Design, and various

John W. Colby wrote On 5/25/2004 6:13 PM:

>Says you.  Limiting text fields without a valid business reason is just
>silly (and arrogant as well). (says me)
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>I keep asking (and nobody is responding) - whose data is it?  Whose database
>is it.  Who are YOU to TELL the client that 53 characters is all they need?
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But then that argument goes, why not build their database in something like mySQL or Sql Server (MSDE if you need to) in order to give them a maximum value of 8000 characters? hmm?


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-Francisco