Re: DB Sharing Question

this will depend on the webserver os, Access is not cross platform. MS may
state that it is but they mean across MS windows platforms, ie 95, 98, NT,
2000. it is not available for macs or Linux/Unix.

I would split the data from the front end anyway, have the data on the
server and the client with the forms queries etc on the users machines.
you could use access for the win machines and maybe filemaker for the macs,
on the server you could use Access if its NT or win 2000 or if its
Linux/Unix then go for Mysql or similar the users wont know the difference
as all they will see is the front end on their machine.

Paul Roberts

roberts_paul(at)bigfoot.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Wilschutz" <swhwg(at)neo.rr.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: DB Sharing Question


| Hello,
|
| I have a rather open-ended question that I'm seeking some advice on...
| forgive the lack of expertise here... not very experienced in online
| database management.
|
| I have a small educational consulting group as a client and they wish to
| share a database among approximately 2-4 people.  The DB is in MS Access.
| I'm looking for a possible way for them to share the database with each
| other (perhaps through our web server), *without placing the database into
| HTML and creating a front-end.*
|
| Another way of putting it, I know that MS Access can link to tables
storing
| the data.  Is there a method of linking to a table stored on a web server?
| That way both would work in MS Access itself and it would link to a table
| storing the necessary information online?  I am only vaguely familiar with
| MySQL but I know that it can handle database information.
|
| Only complicating matters, there are a mix of Macs and PCs.  I know that
MS
| Access is cross-platform compatible, but I'm not sure how that affects
what
| I'm trying to accomplish.
|
| In short, I really don't have a clue where to start.  Any ideas would be
| appreciated.
| Seth Wilschutz
|
|
|

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