I doubt you read the rest of the post otherwise I don't think you would
make that comment.
I think there really is a need for a rich DB client that allows Rapid
development and is easy to link to an office Suite. To be useful to a
business a database needs the applications built on top of it, and like
I said if someone can show me a quicker way of doing this than Access
and still lets me use Postgresql for my backend without any great drama,
I would love to hear of it. My experience with Access 2000 and the
latest ODBC drivers has been very positive, but I am wary of Microsoft's
intentions for Access going forward, which I why I asked if anyone knew
of a really viable alternative that I have not tried.
The next best thing that I have tried is Delphi with some of the
libraries available from Sqlmanager or Active Query builder.
But really, for most of the situations I encounter this is a bit like
re-inventing the wheel every time someone wants a cart built. You end up
trying to build an Access like application from the ground up every time
someone wants a Db app. And that seems to me to be taking antipathy
towards Microsoft to a point where it benefits no-one.
Cheers
Johan Wehtje
Matthew Peter wrote:
Someone trying to stick microsoft yet another place
they don't belong.
--- Johan Wehtje <joweht@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Very much a description of the Business I am in.
For all the criticism leveled at it, I still think
that as a rich
Database Client that permits really rapid
development of Database driven
applications Access is unbeatable. Pair it with a
good Database server
and it is the perfect combination.
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