Hiya Roxanne ---

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>Now the second article on this page made me do a double take! "Access Users get back-end option" What's the deal with this -> MSDE(M$ Data Engine): a new SQL compatible data engine ?!?! Anybody got any comments or insights on this new beast entering the database arena?
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Never heard of it being called "MSDE" but it's apparent that MS is phasing out Jet in favor of a scalable version of SQL Server 7.0 that can be worked with natively in Access2000. So...apparently, we're going to have some stiffer Access competition in 12-18 months or so.

BTW: Is it just me, or does giving Access users easy, native access to enterprise server data give one the willies? :-)