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jimhorn, that's a good article you identified. &nbsp;I'm a freelance Oracle consultant and one of those people that frown on Access databases. &nbsp;The article has given me a different perspective on why Access is used, and by whom.<br />
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Obviously, Oracle is still King!
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jimhorn, that's a good article you identified.  I'm a freelance Oracle consultant and one of those people that frown on Access databases.  The article has given me a different perspective on why Access is used, and by whom.

Obviously, Oracle is still King!

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I have been using ms access for years as a tool for financial, portfolio, and operational reporting. &nbsp;mostly, as a stand alone tool i use on my own, but in several case with multiple users in multiple locations [not the same network]. &nbsp;over the years, i am continually bombarded with comments that ms access is unstable. &nbsp;when i ask what is meant by &quot;unstable&quot; or who initiated the comment, i get a blank stare and more repitition that ms access is unstable. &nbsp;senior management is now chiming in with the same comment, because some knuckle-dragger said so but without an explanation. &nbsp;can you please comments?
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I have been using ms access for years as a tool for financial, portfolio, and operational reporting.  mostly, as a stand alone tool i use on my own, but in several case with multiple users in multiple locations [not the same network].  over the years, i am continually bombarded with comments that ms access is unstable.  when i ask what is meant by "unstable" or who initiated the comment, i get a blank stare and more repitition that ms access is unstable.  senior management is now chiming in with the same comment, because some knuckle-dragger said so but without an explanation.  can you please comments?

MS Access stability with one, few, or many users

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.

Microsoft Access

SQL (Structured Query Language) is designed to be used in conjunction with relational database products as of a means of working with sets of data. SQL consists of data definition, data manipulation, and procedural elements. Its scope includes data insert, query, update and delete, schema creation and modification, and data access control.