Gary Varga (7/21/2014)
Access 1.0 was truly unstable but 1.1 resolved that. It is good for what it is intended and, like many things, is maligned for the results of inappropriate use.Personally, I'd much rather upscale a solution based on Access than one based in Excel.
Access 1.0, yes I remember it well. So shaky that adding an index often slowed down selects. Rumour had it the main reason MS bought Fox was for it's excellent indexing tech which was rolled into Access
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