[AccessD] Interesting Access article

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi Stuart:

Right on. Just one part of Access is a database and only one database though the application can connect dozens of different sources, a number of sources simultaneously. Check ADO connection that is built into ever Microsoft version of Windows since Win95(?).

I think the Access MDB application was the best application that MS ever built and then didn't support.

Jim

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From: "stuart" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 6:27:18 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Interesting Access article

He has missed the point entirely.

Access is not a database!

Access is a very powerful Rapid Application Development environment which can use its own 
native database format (Microsoft Jet) or any number of  robust  RDBMSs.
 
The statement "These statistics almost certainly overstate the popularity of Access" is 100% 
wrong.   A number of those Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL segments of the pie chart will be 
using Access as an application FE.

I've been building complex Access applications using SQL Server and MySQL as the 
database for years.


On 31 Oct 2019 at 8:45, jack drawbridge wrote:

> Just saw this discussed on a few forums.
> Interesting article on Access's continued survival.
> <https://medium.com/young-coder/microsoft-access-the-zombie-database-s
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