>I'm running Access on no less than 50 sites I've built, some with a
>good deal of traffic (16 - 20 GB per month), and I've never had any
>problems whatsoever. Access is just fine for a "less than enterprise
>level" site.
>My coding has failed me (which I can fix), but I've never had a problem with
>Access. My most trafficked site (50,000 page views per month), and the one
>with the most database queries and the most datbase uses, has been rock
>solid -- and fast.
>Have you ever used Access for a web app? Have you experienced problems
>first hand? I have to disagree with you! For a small, light weight app -
>say a small store with only a thousand or two hits per week, I think Access
>is just fine. Now, I sure would not want to put anything mission critical
>or heavily used on it, but Access 2000 is FINE for small web sites and there
>are a LOT of sites out there that run just fine on Access. I've developed a
>couple myself. I'd NEVER use Access for anything I do here at the
>Univerisity, but for some small commercial stuff, Access is very solid and
>cost effective vs. MSSQL.
>Heh, while this is certainly true, I just thought I'd mention that
>DeathClock.com (approx 2-2.5 million hits per month) runs with Access,
>mainly because I'm too cheap to upgrade to SQL Server. Of course, I cache
>the heck out of my queries.
Well blow me down....
-R
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