Re: theoretical question on the RDBMS

I'm not sure you can do that in Access. You can connect tables externally, but you lose some functionality, as I understand it.

"Martin Hungerford" <Martin.Hungerford_at_dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote in message news:ajclpg$mql$1_at_foxhound.dsto.defence.gov.au...
> Alan,
> Thanks for this. IIRC, the original poster was speculating on do-ing
> precisely what you describe Access does - put the code and the data into
one
> object. BTW, if one seperates an Access db into two files (one of data,
and
> the other of behaviours) does that get any closer to the formal definition
> of an RDBMS?
>
> Martin
> "Alan" <alanshein_at_erols.com> wrote in message
> news:ajb18p$19emf7$1_at_ID-114862.news.dfncis.de...
> > Access is a desktop application that supplies tools and a data structure
> > with which one can place and retrieve data. Because the tools and data
are
> > both in the same layer (the .mdb file), it violates one of the most
basic
> > principles of an RDBMS- independence of data and programs. It also
> supports
> > ODBC connectivity to RDBMSes.
> >
>
>
>
Received on Wed Aug 14 2002 - 21:10:40 CEST