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Question : MS Access' ability to be used across a network
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I am getting ready to develop a fairly extensive DB solution that needs to be accessed across the internet/intranet with a web based form and was wondering how MS Access would fair at at that. Also does anyone have any suggestions for what to use?
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Answer : MS Access' ability to be used across a network
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MS Access wouldn't be a good choice. It's a desktop rapid application development tool designed for heavy integration with databases. JET however is an option I suppose. :-p
Jet (the database engine that ships with Access - often mistaken for the same thing, largely because they both occupy MDB files) can be and is employed for a considerable number of web based solutions.
However your question subject says "used across a network" and body "accessed across the internet/intranet". So the "network" bit would refer to the "intranet" - but the "internet" would be on top of that yes?
While Jet can handle moderate requirements upon it (especially in a read only scenario) most would recommend a more robust, scalable database backend - i.e. a server database engine, SQL Server, Oracle, mySQL etc etc. The latter is *very* commonly employed in web based solutions.
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