[AccessD] Access 2K subforms bound to SQL Server.

Views really only get you so far though.  All of the "send me the entire index so I can pick out the 
records I want" thing is still going to occur.  IOW subform data sets cannot be filtered by SQL 
Server, where it could if it was done in an ADO recordset which I used dynamic code to fill.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

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when you do not believe in it

On 1/21/2012 6:30 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> The easiest way to bind forms with SQL Server is to use views. And as
> Charlotte suggested, you can create recordsets based on those, for the
> heavy lifting parts of your code. I have done both many times and can
> attest that this approach works. I see no need to go to unbound forms,
> unless you want to -- which, in your case, I doubt.
>
> Try it on a little toy app before deciding. Migrate the data from a simple
> existing app to SQL, then create views into each table. Where necessary,
> create multi-table views by joining two single-table views. Use your
> existing recordset code as is, replacing only the name of the table(s) with
> the name(s) of the equivalent views.
>