Re: What database shall I use???

gstromquist_at_nospamyahoo.com (Glen A Stromquist) wrote in <SDqh8.80503$Ym3.13771358_at_news0.telusplanet.net>:

>Some of the problems with it when connected to Oracle? Suddenly
>incorrectly interpreting date formats when importing in to a
>native access table for unknown reasons, suddenly missing columns
>of data in reports, dropping ODBC connections for no apparent
>reason, missing some data on reports that show up in the
>corresponding and identical SQL query, etc....

These sound like problems in the ODBC driver to me.

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>I'm sure that there *may* be valid reasons for the above problems,
>and I admit I am no "expert" per se when it comes to heavy-duty
>access programming, but at least two Access programmers we have on
>contract are just as mystified as I am with some of the problems
>we run in to, and our app's that were built in Powerbuilder never
>have any of these "unexpected" issues pop up.

Is PowerBuilder as easy to use and as versatile as Access?

If Oracle supplies lousy ODBC drivers that would tend to drive people towards Oracle's favored products, which are not likely to be produced by Microsoft.

Put another way, MS is not the only large company that plays games with its technologies to reduce their customers' choices.

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