Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die
by SigmundA on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @05:09PM
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Oh I didn't say it was without problems, but it did mostly work , mostly...
Once I started learning SQL server and VB5 for real client server apps I never looked back, but then you had to go find a reporting engine too.
Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die
by encoderer on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:00PM
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Crystal reports. Shudder.
Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die
by jjkaczor on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:20AM
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I hated it so bad, I eventually took it off my resume.
Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die
by orionblastar on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:09PM
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Crystal Reports worked great for me. Even had ActiveX and ASP versions. Only problem was Seagate Software was in Canada and CR was quite buggy. So I got docked in my paycheck for calling Canada. It is SAS now I think.
Lotus Approach also did the same as Access.
Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die
by EvanAnderson on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:14PM
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I've seen Access macros to generate reports, called from the command-line, as a "reporting engine". It was a rickety death-trap but it worked...
You could be describing myself. However... I beg to differ on it's scalability... There were 'issues' with the 2.0 Jet engine when accessing MDB files on network shares that would often result in 'missing data'. Lots of fun. (Lots of work up-sizing to actual SQL back-ends as well though)