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We had to develop a form in MS access for some mock business use case. It was something that you _might_ have done 15 years ago? FFS though, just teach sqlite.
by skulk 3y ago
We had to develop a form in MS access for some mock business use case. It was something that you _might_ have done 15 years ago? FFS though, just teach sqlite. It's infinitely more convenient to run sqlite than MS access (windows-only). Not to mention that MS access only supports a subset of SQL (IIRC, some joins don't work), so much for learning the fundamentals. Absolutely infuriating.
- hakfoo 3y agoI think I had to use Access in the databases class too back in 2003; they taught SQL but also had a practical project that involved building something in Access. I could see it as a legitimate use case-- in a real business environment, even in a software-centric organization, you might have a need for light-duty database stuff where the UI is 90% of the value, and Access could give you that while trying to tape together an interface atop SQLite or MySQL is a lot of extra effort.