> These lot are just spoilt with SQL Server and Orible the non-standard > where they don't have optimise their queries or code.... ;oD
well, I *was* talking about apps containing millions of rows. No matter how well you code it, things start to grind in access at that level. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lovelock, Richard J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 March 2004 11:48 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] WooHoo It works ... > > > <cfgrin> > :op > </cfgrin> > > > _______________________________________________________ > * Regards, > Richard Lovelock, > Senior Application Analyst. > Westminster City Council - Web Support > Cap Gemini Ernst & Young > Southbank > 95 Wandsworth Road > London > SW8 2HG > ( 0870 906 7482 > > _______________________________________________________ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 March 2004 11:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] WooHoo It works ... > > > > > Lovelock, Richard J wrote: > > why does everyone seem to hate access so much? (apart from memory > > leaks mentioned in earlier thread this week) > > > > it helped me learn loads and works great for a small dev > project site > > I am working on for learning purposes? > > > > There's nowt wrong with Access. Used correctly, you can actually get > some bloody big applications running off it. I've got a mate > who used > to do proper software projects running off of Access with up > to 750,000 > rows in the db, 100+ users stuff like that. > > If I remember correctly Raymond Camden's Death Clock website is still > running exclusively off of Access and has been for years and > gets silly > amounts of traffic hitting it. > > Just goes to show that with careful coding and queries and it > possible > to make a perfectly acceptable application using Access. You > just need > to be aware of the idiocyncracies of Access and make sure you > cater for > them, like compressing the database and making sure you have > the drivers > that don't leak... > > These lot are just spoilt with SQL Server and Orible the non-standard > where they don't have optimise their queries or code.... ;oD > > ~ducks and runs away~ > > Stephen > > -- > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at > http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: > *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by > proworkflow.com* > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by > gradwell.com* > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ======================================================= > This message contains information that may be privileged or > confidential and is the property of the Cap Gemini Ernst & > Young Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not > authorised to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, > distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you > receive this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete all copies of this message. > ======================================================= > > > -- > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at > http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: > *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow > provided by proworkflow.com* > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists > hosted by gradwell.com* > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
