OK, some real world examples:
[examples deleted]
My conclusions:
Access is underpowered as multi user DBMS.
Access is overpowered for single user data management (unless the users knows his/her way around an RDBMS).
To take make any use of Access you need a really good VB programmer. But, if you have a really good VB programmer, you don't need access....
Thanks very much for the examples. I'll try to use them.
On a final note, I doubt if any of the above will make a difference when a "free" programmer is available. I would ask who would maintain the application one year from now? Is that programmer committed to fixing
I dunno. But I'm not sure who'll maintain a system built on top of LAMP or any combination of open-source and proprietary software.
bugs or adding features? If he is, then you will find it hard, if not impossible to advocated another solution.
At least maybe your examples will convince them not to use Access? That would be a tiny step away from disaster.
Cheers,
--Amos
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