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Is using MySQL as backend and Access as front end a good or bad idea and why?

Tags: Microsoft, Access, 2003, MySQL
I've been reading like crazy trying to come up with a good solution for my clients.  They all order products from the manufacturer (which is my main client) and want a way to order product.  But they also want windows functionality that MS Access provides -- long story short -- I'm considering linking Access Databases to an online server.  I know this can be done with SQL Server tables on a web server & Access as front end.

Everyone has told me you'd have to write stored procedures/triggers to speed up the otherwise sluggish "Access as front end--SQL as back end" scheme.

However, MySQL (which only in version 5.0 supports stored procedures/triggers right? but i've yet to use them) is my DB of choice since everything the manufacturer has web-wise is on a non-windows server, and since I'm a PHP/MySQL guy.  I read you can connect Access to MySQL using ODBC (suggested by sites like http://www.ucl.ac.uk/is/mysql/access/).

Anyone have opinions or have tried this?  Is it too slow?  Would stored procedures/triggers on MySQL 5.0 work with Access?  Would I have problems?  Any reason SQL Server is preferred or is it?

This isn't a billion questions in one -- these are just facets of my question "Is using MySQL as backend and Access as front end a good or bad idea and why?"

Thanks!
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