Darryl Collins
Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au
Thu Apr 16 18:43:22 CDT 2009
$12 USD an hour?.... uh huh... is that typical now?? I am pretty shocked actually. You would get more sweeping streets or flipping burgers here. ... darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 5:23 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Access banned; VBA skills at new lows... I was at a client site yesterday where myself and the business manager met with the IT "team". Well, it turns out, we were going to create a quick-and-dirty mini datamart for reporting purposes. However, IT said : "No more work in Access is permitted" Apparently in the recent past, some rogue Access apps were using ODBC connections to their live, REALTIME SQL Server databases, and performance really took a hit. The queries ran in a loop as they were poorly designed and constructed. So one stupid programmer ruined it all for everyone ! Nonetheless, we'll just use SQL Server Reporting Services to format and consolidate the data into a SQL Server table and then download it to Excel. Excel has not been banned (yet). However, in our neck of the woods in this economy, pay rates continue to drop to ridiculous levels as noted by this ad: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/tch/1116061032.html I know, I know...the ever-so-awful craigslist. I hate it too. -- 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.