Re: Oracle vs Access

From: <keithm_at_sweeney.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1998/09/24
Message-ID: <slrn70ijus.10.keithm_at_sweeney.demon.co.uk>#1/1


>In article <35CA5DFC.C2DDCB77_at_ccis.adisys.com.au>,
> Neil Fisher <neilf_at_ccis.adisys.com.au> wrote:
 

> There may be instances where laptops become deployed as stand alone pc's
> to be reconnected at a later stage. During this disconnection from the
> main server, there would need to be some sort of local database access
> which can be updated on the main server when the laptop is reconnected.
 

> Can anybody help me by outlining a list of for and against for both
> products. This list can contain anything from price to performance,
> scalability, etc.

[Quoted] Our experience is that Access in a multi-user situation is a disaster unless  all users are on the same LAN segment.

Try SQLAnywhere as suggested by another responder or look at Oracle Lite. Received on Thu Sep 24 1998 - 00:00:00 CEST

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