http://thecrankydba.com/2009/09/02/giving-microsoft-access-a-seat-at-the-table/ Mike Hillwig shares his experiences and adventures as a Database Administrator Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:06:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://thecrankydba.com/2009/09/02/giving-microsoft-access-a-seat-at-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ben Bolte Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:32:59 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=14#comment-5 Especially for DBA-level maintenance, Access Projects (.adp files) are an excellent way to quickly get into the data in a specific db. I use it often to edit control tables that I have no UI for. One can build nice little forms in short order to assist in either viewing or editing data. Yes, Access can be heinous plague upon any SQL Server, but "projects" utilize the backend much differently so they have a considerably lower footprint. (It's really not much different from SSMS so far as I can tell.) Especially for DBA-level maintenance, Access Projects (.adp files) are an excellent way to quickly get into the data in a specific db. I use it often to edit control tables that I have no UI for. One can build nice little forms in short order to assist in either viewing or editing data. Yes, Access can be heinous plague upon any SQL Server, but “projects” utilize the backend much differently so they have a considerably lower footprint. (It’s really not much different from SSMS so far as I can tell.)

]]> http://thecrankydba.com/2009/09/02/giving-microsoft-access-a-seat-at-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-3 New SQLServerPedia Blogger – Mike Hillwig | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:11:34 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=14#comment-3 [...] Giving Microsoft Access a seat at the table – but only if you put a whoopie cushion down first. (Ha ha ho ho.) [...] [...] Giving Microsoft Access a seat at the table – but only if you put a whoopie cushion down first. (Ha ha ho ho.) [...]

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