Re: MS Access usefulness and size restrictions

That isn't Larry's point. Oracle is a great tool. If you came to where I work and suggested it, I would have a very good laugh before chucking you out as clearly you would have had no knowledge of the size of our company (SME), data needs or my ability to at least point our requirements in the general direction. We are only just contemplating installing SQL Server because we have a fore seeable business need in the next few years for a more capable database.

Use the correct tool for the job. Oracle is often a sledgehammer approach for a walnut. Why not use a proper nut cracker? I don't have a need for multi-terabyte databases with multiple CPUs in a clustered configuration....

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Regards,

Richard H. Rowson

"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
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> Larry Linson wrote:

>

> > But, of course, Wayne, if you carried through on your threat to PLONK

 me,


> > not read my contributions to this thread, and not respond to me, then

 all


> > this is lost on you, so you will keep on believing that a very

 expensive,


> > high installation, high maintenance database is the "bees knees" for

 tiny


> > applications and you'll keep on making a fool of yourself in public by

> > spouting off and showing your ignorance.

> >

> > As Hank Williams, Sr. said, "I'm sorry for you, my friend."

>

> I will agree with you provided the following:

>

> 1.  You know for a fact you will never need to scale your application for

> more data and/or more users.

> 2.  Security is irrelevant.

> 3.  Your environment is pure Microsoft.

> 4.  You don't have a background in stable computing where being BSOD'd

 drives


> your blood pressure up.

>

> When I first consulted for Boeing I was in a department whose purpose was

> moving applications built in Access to Oracle because they had been

 developed


> by people who made invalid assumptions related to the above items.

>

> To me Access is one step above 3x5 cards. The cost of a database

 application


> is never in the software purchased from the vendor. It is in the design,

> implementation, testing, and long-term maintenance. Within three years

 your


> Access app will be worthless. The Oracle app will still be as stable as a

> rock and capable of being migrated to the latest version of the RDBMS in a

> matter of minutes.

>

> Daniel A. Morgan

>