On 6/7/05, Kevin Aebig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The real question is whether or not these are the types of clients you want > to deal with. The type that would want to use Access instead of MySQL are > generally "hands-on" clients. They believe they know more than they actually > do and regularly play around with your work. > > I, myself, would prefer to deal with clients that understand that as a > professional, I know the best tools for the job.
I just can't imagine stereotyping clients like that and waiving the opportunities that go along with them. I am in the process, right now, of moving the biggest Access-based system I have ever seen into SQL Server. Something like 80 mdb files and I have no idea how many tables. Its a municipal services web site for a fairly large U.S. county and they're thrilled to have someone able to help them slowly work them thru the conversion, along with a whole bunch of other related work. The original gig was rewriting a couple of templates for them every week or so. I pointed out the issues with Access and made some recommendations and now this is going to be a major part of what is very likely going to be -- slowly but surely -- a rewrite of their entire system. -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:208903 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
