Re: when do you outgrow access?

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"Red_Star20" wrote

>.... We have been using an access based
> system to take online applications for . . .
> we have probably 300 students
> applying every year and we have reports
> generated for the program coordinator. I
> find it hard to believe that Access could
> not handle the load.... Do we really need
> Oracle?

Access could, in all probability, handle a load much greater than 300
students per year. On the other hand, a particular database implemented in
Access may not and that, apparently, was the case. You can speculate that it
might have been more cost-effective to get a knowledgeable Access person to
correct the problems in the Access database. If you do, I suggest you not
bandy that opinion about in your workplace, because, in the real world, it
is likely to get back to the Director and questioning the judgement of your
Director of IT is almost NEVER a career-enhancing experience.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP


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