Re: theoretical question on the RDBMS

"Martin Hungerford" <Martin.Hungerford_at_dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:

> > Access isn't an RDBMS.

> Without being too rude, would you care to describe what MS-Access is, if it
> is not an RDBMS (or at least a version of a SQL-DBMS)

<polite mode>
  Access is a flat file database. You could call it an SQL DBMS but it   does not support transactions, and is flakey under multi-user conditions   (that's true for every DB, but with Access it starts with n very low), it   won't run on Unix (true for MS SQL also, which is an RDBMS).

  Overall, it lacks features that a true RDBMS needs - however, you   do get lots of other stuff thrown in (GUI designer, ease of use) </polite mode>

Paul...  

> Martin

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