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Access as a Front-End
I am wanting to use either MySQL or SQL Server as a back-end to a MS Access
front-end. Furthermore, I need to be able to use this front-end over a Wireless router. I know that by default MS Access does not leand itself to wireless connections but have been told it can be done if changes are made...? Can someone give me a little guidance on the matter. Perhaps refer a good article or site that covers this subject to get me going in the right direction. Thank you, QB |
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Access as a Front-End
In the 18 years that I have been working with Access, I have helped clients
fix 8 data corruptions. The first was a machine left on and unplugged, the second an interrupted phone line during a replication, I have no idea what the cause of the third was, and the last 5 were on WiFi connections. Do you see a pattern? If a record is in edit mode, and a connection is interrupted, there's a chance you will corrupt a database. If you must use WiFi, or the Internet use a terminal services connection. Do not believe that mySQL or SQL-Server won't corrupt, they will, and sometimes much worse than Access. BUT, in the case of SQL-Server, there are redundancy measures (backup and transaction logs) which make the corruptions easier to fix. mySQL also has some robustness, but not the level of SQL-Server. A Terminal Server makes the risk of corruption negligible. So search for WinConnect, Citrix, MS-Terminal Server, -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP http://www.datastrat.com http://www.accessmvp.com http://www.mvps.org/access Co-author: "Access 2010 Solutions", published by Wiley "QB" wrote in message ... I am wanting to use either MySQL or SQL Server as a back-end to a MS Access front-end. Furthermore, I need to be able to use this front-end over a Wireless router. I know that by default MS Access does not leand itself to wireless connections but have been told it can be done if changes are made...? Can someone give me a little guidance on the matter. Perhaps refer a good article or site that covers this subject to get me going in the right direction. Thank you, QB |
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Access as a Front-End
I was lead to believe that the issue with access problem with interruption
was related to JET and that by 'switching' it could be 'fixed' (poor on the terminology I am just looking into the matter). Is this true? Is there another option rather than JET? Or is it just as sensitive to network interuptions? In this case, terminal services and CITRIX are both noth an option. Thank you for your input, it is greatly appreciated. QB "Arvin Meyer [MVP]" wrote: In the 18 years that I have been working with Access, I have helped clients fix 8 data corruptions. The first was a machine left on and unplugged, the second an interrupted phone line during a replication, I have no idea what the cause of the third was, and the last 5 were on WiFi connections. Do you see a pattern? If a record is in edit mode, and a connection is interrupted, there's a chance you will corrupt a database. If you must use WiFi, or the Internet use a terminal services connection. Do not believe that mySQL or SQL-Server won't corrupt, they will, and sometimes much worse than Access. BUT, in the case of SQL-Server, there are redundancy measures (backup and transaction logs) which make the corruptions easier to fix. mySQL also has some robustness, but not the level of SQL-Server. A Terminal Server makes the risk of corruption negligible. So search for WinConnect, Citrix, MS-Terminal Server, -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP http://www.datastrat.com http://www.accessmvp.com http://www.mvps.org/access Co-author: "Access 2010 Solutions", published by Wiley "QB" wrote in message ... I am wanting to use either MySQL or SQL Server as a back-end to a MS Access front-end. Furthermore, I need to be able to use this front-end over a Wireless router. I know that by default MS Access does not leand itself to wireless connections but have been told it can be done if changes are made...? Can someone give me a little guidance on the matter. Perhaps refer a good article or site that covers this subject to get me going in the right direction. Thank you, QB . |
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Access as a Front-End
"Arvin Meyer [MVP]" wrote in
: The first was a machine left on and unplugged, the second an interrupted phone line during a replication, I have no idea what the cause of the third was, and the last 5 were on WiFi connections. In the replication case, had indirect replication been used instead of direct, the dropped call would not have corrupted anything at all. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |
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Access as a Front-End
=?Utf-8?B?UUI=?= wrote in
: I was lead to believe that the issue with access problem with interruption was related to JET and that by 'switching' it could be 'fixed' (poor on the terminology I am just looking into the matter). Is this true? Is there another option rather than JET? Or is it just as sensitive to network interuptions? In this case, terminal services and CITRIX are both noth an option. Well, switching to a server back end *will* protect you from data corruptions due to dropped WiFi connections. But Arvin's point is that there is no guarantee of no corruption at all, even with server-based database engines. The advantage of a Terminal Server/Citrix solution is that you don't have to alter your application at all for it to work, whereas upsizing to a SQL Server or MySQL back end requires a lot of testing and some degree of revision to work efficiently (substantially more for a WAN/WiFi connection than it would on a LAN, where it often requires very little change). -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |
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