Access (Office) 2003 - 2007

[David W. Fenton]

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As I also said, somethime you have to bite the bullet if it is
something that you believe will benefit you. As you said, if this
is your job/business, then you need to invest in the proper tools!

I never purchased Office XP.

And I have not as yet purchased Office 2007.

I think it's completely silly to upgrade unless the new version is
compelling in terms of real problems you have encountered that the
new version solves.

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

Allen Browne has an excellent article on v2007 on his site showing what's new,
what's gone and what's bad that's worth a read if you're thinking about
upgrading, which is what it sounds like you need to know:

http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs

The most telling comment I've read on the latest version, and I'm sorry to
say I can't remember who said it, was that it has a bigger learning curve for
an experienced Access developer than it does for someone learning Access for
the first time.

BTW, being four years behind is probably a good lag for updating, considering
how buggy new releases from Microsoft usually are and how long it takes them
to exterminate the bugs!

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

The first one is the multi-value field. It makes using Many-to-Many
relationships a no brainer for users with no database design skills.
Database experts will tell you that multi-value fields go counter to
everything that they believe is good design and building M-to-M relationships
is easy for them. But if a user is new to databases they can go directly to
M-to-M relationships without understanding them. I would agree that that is
bad for the old guard but it is good for new users.

Think "billable hours" for when we have to upgrade the data for the
users. <smile>

Tony
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