Calendar Web App w/ Access

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Justin M. Keyes

Hi,

I need to make a website that has a calendar page which stores data on a MS
SQL database.
I've been told that Access would be useful for this (with or without MS
Exchange), but I'm
confused as to how this is true. Wouldn't I just have to pull the data from
Jet or MS DB like a normal
implementation? Or, does Access have some utility that serves a form
accessible via http?

I don't understand why it would be more useful/expedient than a normal
database.

Thank you.
 
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Hi,

I need to make a website that has a calendar page which stores data on a MS
SQL database.
I've been told that Access would be useful for this (with or without MS
Exchange), but I'm
confused as to how this is true. Wouldn't I just have to pull the data from
Jet or MS DB like a normal
implementation? Or, does Access have some utility that serves a form
accessible via http?

I don't understand why it would be more useful/expedient than a normal
database.

Thank you.
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I don't know enough about Web development or your needs to
say that Access should be your choice. However, Access
frequently is used as a front end to SQL Server in which
Jet is not used.

Roxie Aho
roxiea at usinternet.com
 
On your description, it doesn't look like any place
for an Access database.

You can use Access to create an HTML page, and you can use a normal Access
database as a normal database, but any other way you choose will be just as
good or (probably) better.

(david)
 
If you needed a DB to store the calender info to drive the
website, then Access could work.

If you wanted a front end (forms/reports) and the data is
stored in SQL Server, with no data being used, then yeah,
Access could do that too.

You <i>could</i> use Access Data Access Pages, but IMHO,
ASP or better yet, ASP.NET would be better at your task.


Chris Nebinger
 
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