by Alison Balter | Sep 13, 2025 | MS Access
In talking to users and developers, I find that Access is a very misunderstood product. Many people think that it is just a toy to be used by managers or secretaries wanting to play with data. Others feel that it is a serious developer product intended for no one but experienced application developers. This article dispels the myths of Access. It helps you to decipher what Access is and what it isn’t. After reading the article, you will know when Access is the tool for you, and when it makes sense to explore other products.
by Alison Balter | Jun 21, 2025 | MS Access
New For Microsoft Access 2016 New For Microsoft Access 2016 Support For Large Number (BigInt) In March, 2017, the Microsoft Access Development Team announced new support for the Large Number data type in Microsoft Access. This additional feature came in response to a large number of requests listed in the Microsoft Access UserVoice forum. Many external data sources are imported or linked to Access utilize Big Int, therefore is very important for Access to include...
by Alison Balter | May 2, 2025 | MS Access
We Repair Your Broken Access Database Is Your Access Database Broken? We can repair your broken Microsoft Access database. MS Access Solutions has 29 years experience programming custom Access database software. We know how to repair, fix and replace corrupt, non-operating, and broken Access database applications. We can fix tables, forms, macros, reports, table relationships, queries, and VBA code. The Causes Of Broken Access Database What are the causes of a...
by Alison Balter | Apr 4, 2025 | MS Access
Why Do Database Programmers Prefer MS Access? Comparing Excel and Microsoft Access As A Database Application Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application is fine for calculating and managing small packages of data information. MS Excel is easy to to use, has excellent documentation, and is relatively easy to understand. With Excel, users can filter, sort, plus format spreadsheet data easily and rapidly. However, spreadsheets are not the best solution for manipulating...
by Alison Balter | Mar 21, 2025 | MS Access
We spend a great deal of our time planning and designing our database projects before we every start writing code. Working with you, gathering information that we need to develop a truly excellent Microsoft Access database is critical to the database development cycle. Here just a few of the many steps we incorporate into our process. Need help with your database development? Call us at (323) 285-0939 to schedule a consultation.
by Alison Balter | Feb 28, 2025 | MS Access
Microsoft Access can survive, indeed thrive, in the brave new cloud and mobile world. We’ll start with this introductory post, giving some background and context. Now you can get all the power of SQL Server and Azure cloud storage with a powerful User Interface in MS Access.
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