From gurelei@yahoo.com Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:10:12 -0700 From: Gurelei Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:10:12 -0700 Subject: MS Access as a front-end to Oracle DB Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi all: I have been hearing from many people that MS Access is bad as a front-end tool because it tends to do data processing on the clien side instead of the DB side thus moving way too much data over the network. Assuming that this is correct, what is the mechanism of this? If I execute a simple query like: select f1, f2 from t1 where f3='X'; is MS access going to copy the whole table t1 to my machine and only show the rows with f3 equal to 'X'? Am I misinderstanding it? tia Gene __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gurelei INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).