Re: Homegrown synchronization

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"rdemyan" <rdemyan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I looked at Speed Ferret. The cost is actually just under $200.

Huh. It's been $99 for years and years.

It would have still been worth it the first time I bought it and
used it -- it would have paid for itself in saved time on the first
use.

Further, it won't work unless Access 2002 is also installed. My
machine currently only has A2003 on it. I looked on their website
and there is mention of a forthcoming upgrade that will work with
A2003. However, the date of that notice is 2004???! Since nothing
has happened yet, it makes one wonder if they are still interested
in improving the product.

That's a concern. I'd write to them.

Do you have A2K? I do all my programming in A2K for distribution on
later versions of Access, so I'd have no issues with it myself.

An alternative is Find and Replace from Rick Fisher Consulting.
Cost is $37 and I've been playing around with the demo copy.

I've heard good things about it, but it's not as versatile and
feature-rich as Speed Ferret.

It could do
the trick although I wish it had the capability to Find and
Replace on one string subject to another string or something
similar.

I've ordered F&R. I'm gonna bite the bullet and implement
setting the IsDeletedFlag method for "deleting" records in tables.
It'll probably require a full day. I only wish I didn't have to
add another 110 queries, but that's the way it is.

In the end, I'll probably be happy that I spent the time to do
this. It'll certainly make my "homegrown synchronization" a lot
simpler.

I think so, too. All your alternatives would have taken a lot longer
to implement and would be subject to a much larger degree of error
in the implementation. This is a simple change that is just
time-consuming.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
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