Darryl Collins
Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au
Thu Jul 31 18:41:42 CDT 2008
Hi Susan, I am finding more and more (both with Excel and Access) that the dataset is stored in SQL Server and presented in either Access or Excel for the user. Where I work Access is mainly used as Front End to SQL Server and almost never as a stand-alone app. A lot of jobs here are now advertised with need some exposure to SQL Server. SQL server has lots of raw grunt, but Access is a much faster and easier to set up as a UI with nice combo boxes and the like. Even so, nearly all the security, processing and queries are done on SQL Server and the data is just populated into the Access FE as required. Maybe one day Microsoft will be like Lotus and lose the desktop apps market to someone else. regards Darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 12:23 AM To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Access development on the wane? Although I think Access is still healthy and will be around for a long time, readers are contacting me privately with concerns. Some of them aren't getting as much Access work as they use to. I'm just curious -- what are the contractors on this list experiencing -- have you noticed a slow down in Access development? Susan H. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material.