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Re: [TCLUG:15227] <OT> M$ Access rant and bug warning



Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu> writes:

> Adam Maloney wrote:
> > Yes, I've seen some of this wierdness with Access.  Dissappearing
> > records, etc.  That's why Microsoft says it shouldn't be used for the
> > backend to web-databases (in RE: to ColdFusion/ASP/WebPlus/whatever).
> 
> Yes! 
> 
> I think I read somewhere that it is recommended that you should only use
> Access for data and databases you don't really care about or want.
> 
> Or maybe that's just what I learned. ;-)

Got some more information here.  I was losing records too using java through
sql to talk to the database.  I upgraded the database to the 4.x format,
between 97 and 2000, 2000 will work too, and it's working fine now.
-- 
Jon Schewe 
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