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Agree. This is why there is so much MS Access stuff out there. It came as part of the MS Office suite so office workers had it on their desktop and could use
by andrewlgood 5y ago
Agree. This is why there is so much MS Access stuff out there. It came as part of the MS Office suite so office workers had it on their desktop and could use it without having to IT and work their way up the priority queue.
VBA is terrible, but it is the only programming-like option for most office workers outside of IT/Engineering
- TrackerFF 5y agoQuite relatable. At work, we want to build a simple database and app to interface against it. Asked our boss, asked the IT guys, got the same answer: A : "Sure, but it has to be MS Access" Q : "Why though, PostgreSQL / SQLite/ etc. works fine" A : "Because we already have MS Access" Q : "OK - could we at least get [programming language + frameworks] for the interface part" A : "Use Excel and VBA. We already have that"
- Finnucane 5y agoI've had that same conversation, but subsititute FileMaker for Access (no access to Access on a Mac). I can run anything I want on my own Mac, but there's no way to make it shareable with the rest of the office.
- syshum 5y agowait you asked IT to use something other than Access and they turned you down :rolleyes: I am on a mission to eliminate Access... the day i can distribute office with out Access will be a glorious day indeed No IT Dept should be telling users to use Access.....