End of MSAccess? Fim do MSAccess?

[AccessISDead?]

Im a serious user of Microsoft Access, but its seems the last version its the
2000 of it... And I sell several Ms Offices because the application I
developed, that its very good, but after the 2000 version of access the next
versions its worse that the old one, with only changes of skin, with no more
full compatibility with MS SQL like the 2000 version, the Access does not
recognize Numeric and Decimal fields properly, and this bug started from 2002
version to the 2007 with no move from Microsoft, excluding the fact that
Office 2007 its terriblem slow comparing to the 2000 version.

I hope the Microsoft, put some effort on MsAccess, and dont let die, that
YES, we can do professional and faster applicattions with MS Access and SQL
Server for example...

 

[dch3]

Given that you brought up that monstrostity that MS thinks is a good idea...

Is it just me or are there others out there that wonder if MS ever heard of
the Dvorak keyboard?

 

[Larry Linson]

There are any number of third-party software products to turn your keyboard
into Dvorak configuration. Access is database software, not a keyboard
configurator. Most of us learned to touch-type on a "standard keyboard" and
until the Dvorak layout becomes standard, aren't going to invest time and
energy in gaining new "muscle memory", though.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP

 

[Larry Linson]

The end of Access has been predicted with a great deal of regularity since
it was first released in late 1992 -- can't possibly compete with Paradox,
no longer supports <some feature only the complainer ever used>, and such.
Just FYI, when first released, Access 2000 was (arguably) the worst-ever
release, though many of us give the edge in the worst-release contest to
Access 95 (after all, A95 was so bad, they didn't even release a Service
Pack, just acceleraed the schedule to get A97 in our hands). I think your
complaints have been addressed by others.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Just FYI, when first released, Access 2000 was (arguably) the worst-ever
release,

With the SPs A2000 is quite stable. Especially for end users.

Tony
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[David W. Fenton]

If you need
SQL Server 2000 to support your Access front end, you can stick
with Access 2000.

Er, A2K came out before SQL Server 2000 and doesn't work as well
with it as A2K3 does. I know this from experience, having embarked
on an upsizing project a year ago with A2K front end and SQL Server
2K back end. I had to use A2K3 to make it work properly.

 

[David W. Fenton]

With the SPs A2000 is quite stable. Especially for end users.

Yes, but it has a terrible habit of getting reverted to the shipping
version. At least, that's the case with the clients I've got.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Er, A2K came out before SQL Server 2000 and doesn't work as well
with it as A2K3 does. I know this from experience, having embarked
on an upsizing project a year ago with A2K front end and SQL Server
2K back end. I had to use A2K3 to make it work properly.

In what way? Are you talking about ADPs? I have no problems with A97
against SS 2000, or 2005.

 

[David W. Fenton]

In what way? Are you talking about ADPs? I have no problems with
A97 against SS 2000, or 2005.

No, I'm talking about an MDB. And maybe the problems were with the
upsizing wizard, but I seem to recall other issues, too (though
right now I can't remember what they were exactly).

 

[Rick Brandt]

No, I'm talking about an MDB. And maybe the problems were with the
upsizing wizard, but I seem to recall other issues, too (though
right now I can't remember what they were exactly).

Could be. I tried the upsizers once or twice and thought they sucked big
time. Haven't looked at them in years now.

 

[a a r o n _ k e m p f]

I'm not so sure I agree with 'Access 2000 = worst'.

I think that Access 97 was the worst-- because it didn't include ADP.
I supported 20-30 people entering stuff in Access 97 for years.

It was awfully slow.

-Aaron

 

[a a r o n _ k e m p f]

roadblocks?

MS Access was handicapped -- about a decade ago.
They sit there and prompt us 'are you _SURE_ you trust Access'-- i
mean why do we get asked 3 times if we trust a database?

Excel Spreadsheets are the real danger.
Why can we email Excel but not MS Access?


Seriously


It didn't _JUST_ get handicapped from a security standpoint. It
happened in about 2000-2001.

-Aaron