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Websites using Access

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Hi everyone, can any of you give me some information on using Access in websites?

im working for a website company at the moment, and they need to know the advantages and disadvantages of access databases in websites. e.g. how many users can access it at the same time, at what size does an access database become unreliable etc.

if you can give me any information, or links to any sites that provide information, i would be grateful!

dai

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmmm, your question is very open to what your actually after so this will be quite a general reply...

    Basic database website stuff can be done though using ASP and further on from there something called PHP and MySQL

    http://www.mysql.com/articles/mysql_intro.html

    Again the question is what kind of databases are you refering to? Do you want graphs there as well, do you want input from customers? Can you be more specific?

    Are you sure you want them to be MS Access databases? Are your databases going to be live from a server at all times? If so then I'd recommend having a look at:

    http://www.microsoft.com/data/prodinfo.htm
    http://www.microsoft.com/data/architecture.htm
    http://www.microsoft.com/sql/

    Your really pushing out of the standard database type here and more going towards the boundries of ADO and OLE DB over the Internet ...

    It really depends... a online database can be as big as you make it, think about Amazon (http://www.amazon.com) for example, they have several online databases for customers details and book orders... multiple users, multiple servers...
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