I need the ability to query XML-- like I Need a hole in my head.
I need intellisense for SQL-- like I Need a hole in my head.
Intellisense for TSQL has been here. For years. For free.
I could give a hoot-- I don't like it; it is too slow for me.
How is SQL Server Cheaper? You don't need to take it offline to do a
compact and repair.
How is SQL Server Cheaper? You don't need to call in the network admin
to bounce the server one weekend per month.
How is SQL Server Cheaper? You don't need to rewrite it every month
for performance reasons.
How is SQL Server Cheaper? Because SQL Server tells you what indexes
you should be using.
Yes, Books Online is more in-depth-- detailed information-- about SQL
than anything available in Access.
So let me guess.. If you purchased a 1996 Honda Passport. And you
went to go and buy a manual-- that was 50 pages long. Then we could
say that passport is only '50 pages of complexity'.
So now.. I run into schucks and I bought the same manual-- and it is
now 100 pages-- because it is both in french _AND_ in english?
Does this really _DOUBLE_ the complexity of the car that came our 13
years ago?
Does it change the insides of the car?
Just because the SQL Books Online 'manual' is -longer- does that mean
that it's more complex?
I Don't think so.
Yes; it has a lot more functionality-- it has a lot more functions
than Access.
And it has a lot more -- in depth coverage of SELECT FROM WHERE. Does
that make it HARDER?
People can write their own functions-- unlike in Access-- because you
can centralize them.
Does that make it _HARDER_ to use?
Yes. I am _FURIOUS_ that they changed Select From Where to From
Select Where.
That is the trendiest fucking bullshit I've ever heard in my life.
It's ok-- I'll just move to mySql.
What are the Access kids going to do when MS comes out with a version
that they don't like?
UH MOVE TO EXCEL ?
I dare to say-- that Microsofts upsizing of MS Excel-- from 64k rows
to 1m-- makes Access _COMPLETELY_ worthless.
Honestly-- that was the only benefit that Access -HAD- over Excel.
Now that the only benefit that Access had - is gone-- I just don't see
the point in Access.
If I write a sproc and I want to pass in 2 parameters-- based on stuff
on a form.
Real quick-- how much code do I need in ADP?
-Not any for the sproc itself.
CORRECT ANSWER.
How much code would I need in MDB?
Not any for the query itself.
WRONG ANSWER. I would need to change the SqlPassthrough to call the
sproc with 4 different parameters. Because the parameters are
changed-- I have to CHANGE A MDB QUERY.
In conclusion-- calling a sproc from MDB-- requires coding. In ADP,
it does not.
I know for a fact-- that SQL Server development is cheaper and easier
and bigger, better, faster-- than MS Access.
I guarantee it.
Because I can use tools like 'Query Analyzer' and 'SQL Server
Management Studio' and 'Microsoft Access' to build views, sprocs,
functions, etc.
In Access, you can build functions in VBA-- and then they don't run
when you want them to run anywhere else.
build the functions in VBA-- and then you want to use them in ASP ?
What do you need to do then?
UH.. rewrite?
Easier?
Select * From Sys.dm_db_missing_index_details
This simple SQL statement tells you which indexes you should create.
It is accurate. It is helpful.
SQL Profiler-- this allows you to SEE whats happening behind the
scenes.
You can filter it for a single user, or a single database-- anything
that you need to do.
In Access; there just aren't any tools for that.
I don't thnk that click and drag -BACKUP- is a feature. Because it
fails if someone is using the DB while you do it; right??
I don't think that SQL is inherently 'not suitable' for any
applications. Business or non business. I've been going through--
building examples from
www.databaseanswers.com.
I don't think that it's humanly possible for you guys to create db--
faster than me-- using Access than I can in SQL.
I have one code window-- where I can copy and create 'create table'
ddl.
Do you ?
Do you use DAO to automate creating tables??? DDL is _SO_ much more
powerful... faster and easier.
-Aaron Kempf