Mark Simms
marksimms at verizon.net
Sun Jan 26 12:11:50 CST 2014
Thanks Jim - and this implies anyone migrating from MDB to Oracle or SQL Server has a complete rewrite on their hands as far as VBA-based data retrieval, correct ? > > Hi Mark: > > It does depend on where your program is pulling data. > > There is no substitute for speed when a local DAO connection is pulling > and displaying a single record or small group of records from a local > MDB database but have a DAO connection download 15K of records from a > remote server and fill a table with the results... > > An ADO connection can do that in one to two seconds. It is like > comparing a sports car to an 8 wheel semi, when it comes to moving > data. > > Jim