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Re:IDEs we had 30 years ago by pasc1878 on Friday December 29, 2023 @05:03AM (#38803376)
VB6 could do more than access. I used both in the day and I found Access basic was limited and once you had some tools in VB6 to deal with databases and tables then it was easier than access.

However this is so long ago I have forgotten the details.

Access was probably simpler for a simple database entry and query.

However Access"s database was a disaster constantly getting corrupted etc. However I would note I was in companies that had access to full databases like Sybase and Oracle and as we had site licenses they were effectively free for each project. We often took a users Access project and made it maintainable in VB6.

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Re:IDEs we had 30 years ago by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:45AM (#38813271)
it's apples and oranges.

VB6 was a programming language environment, Access was a client for the Jet DB engine. You could technically connect to more than just Jet DB's but that's primarily what it was for.

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