[AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

Drew Wutka DWUTKA at Marlow.com
Wed May 11 15:33:19 CDT 2011


;)

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
McLachlan
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:09 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

Imagine? I don't have to.  :-)

I've had Quad Integers (64bit)  and Currency (64 bit - 4 decimal places)
and Extended 
Currency( larger range, 2 decimal places)  in PowerBasic for years.

-- 
Stuart


On 11 May 2011 at 10:35, Drew Wutka wrote:

> What did you install it on?  On a NICE system, it does perform better
> than 32 bit Offices.  But the true 'performance' is the ability to go
> beyond the 32 bit restrictions. But it looks like Access 2010 is stuck
> with the 2007 Access db version, so it doesn't have a 64 bit database
> version. (Imagine 64 bit integer fields, a 64 bit Currency field!!!)
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:18 AM To: 'Access Developers
> discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs
> 64-bit
> 
> Problems. Little if any support for 3rd party add-ins, Active X
> controls,
> etc. 
> 
> I installed it once (MSDN) and it made no difference in performance so
> I canned it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Erbach Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:52 AM To: Access Developers
> discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs
> 64-bit
> 
> John,
> 
> >> Microsoft does everything they can to encourage people not to use
> >> it.
> 
> >> <<
> 
> Fascinating.  Why is that?
> 
> Steve Erbach
> Neenah, WI
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:35 AM, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net>
> wrote: > Hi Darrell, > I'd be interested in the reason they use 64 bit
> Office. Microsoft does
> 
> > everything they can to encourage people not to use it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darrell
> > Burns Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:03 AM To: 'Access Developers
> > discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Access 32 vs
> > 64-bit
> >
> > Hello. I developed a 32-bit Access 2007 app with VBA code that uses
> > DAO exclusively for data access and has no add-ins. My client has
> > Windows 7 64-bit PCs running Office 2010 64-bit. I delivered the app
> > as a 2007 runtime package and it didn't work at their place. The app
> > runs fine on my WinServer2008 machine with Office 2010 32-bit,
> 
> > but I haven't tested it under Office 2010 64-bit.
> > Since my other clients are still operating in the 32-bit world, I
> > can't abandon the 32-bit version. Is there a way to satisfy both
> > worlds with just one version?
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