accessing an msaccess db with visual basic exe's

[Gareth_Morgan]

this a good idea or not? it is how we are learning it at uni

[bbolte]

that is one of it's uses at the corporate level, building interfaces to databases.

[siphilp]

Connecting to a database with VB is simple.
I would have to ask what the VB application does and why it would use a database.


Si

[Gareth_Morgan]

just for general online database access instead of using asp/php/perl

[siphilp]

There is a big difference from using VB to access a database and ASP/PHP.
Speed - cross platform - security - server efficiency. The list can go on


Si