Re: MS Access usefulness and size restrictions

Return to under your bridge I don't have the time for such foolishness

"Clive Bolton" <alpha_at_remove.wave.co.nz> wrote in message news:9fs3vv$crs$2_at_news.wave.co.nz...
> Unfortunately, David that argument doesn't hold up. If Access is a toy,
> people who make a living with it are just playing at db development.
>
> Access is used by many corporates as a front end to a wide and mixed range
> of db engines - because good interfaces can be provided rapidly and
> efficiently with it. Are they playing? No.
>
> The uninformed may use "Access" to include Jet, of course, and Jet *is*
> lightweight within the whole spectrum. But there are many places where
 that
> is precisely what is needed. Jet is a great db engine in its class. Is a
> nutcracker a toy because it is more suitable than a sledgehammer for
> cracking nuts?
>
> Daniel A. Morgan is simply covering his ignorance with arrogance. And look
> at his put-downs of the enquirer. Wonder what the A. stands for!
>
> Clive
>
>
> "David Hare-Scott" <syncreticsolutions_at_optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> news:XdeU6.5871$76.25273_at_news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au...
> >
> > Put it this way there
> > are many people on this NG who develop in Access for a living and this
 is
> > not one of their complaints.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan said:
> MS Access is a toy. Pretty much one step above 3x5 cards and not much
> better.
>
>
>
Received on Sat Jun 09 2001 - 18:44:29 CDT