[AccessD] Access with a MySQL database

Hi Barbara

> Does anyone have any experience using an Access application as a front-end to a MySQL database back-end?  My client is interested in converting the Access back-end to either SQL Server or MySQL.
> They currently do not own SQL Server but are using MySQL in their web application.

> Any thoughts (advantages, limitations, etc.)?

I did a custom frontend which moves data between a MySQL database and
an Access database. It worked as expected using ODBC connection to
MySQL.
In addition to Marty's comments, have in mind that MySQL runs on
nearly everything - Windows, Linux, even Novell.

/gustav