>>I need a few good reasons why Visual FoxPro is better than MS Access.
>>Can anyone help?
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>Yup, b/c Access is a piece of s.... oops, sorry, where's my etiquette?
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>Access is a great business tool for a non-developer for developing a simple database. The problems with it are simple:
>1. One file (MDB) is the whole shabang: data, forms, queries, reports. It gets corrupted and good luck.
>2. If you're at all accustomed to the power and flexibility of VFP, you'll soon be tearing your hair out and saying "I don't get it, this is EASY in FoxPro!"
>3. It's search engine is slow. I mean, really, really slow.
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>On the other hand:
>1. Just about anyone can create reports, forms, queries in Access without risking serious damage to data. Everything is point and click, virtually no programming, at least with code.
>2. Access is more 'seamless' with the other Office applications, (97, anyway. previous versions were kind of cranky)
>3. Development is quick. It's hard to create a bug. (but not impossible)
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>I still hate it, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll need it for something.
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to substitute moldy cheese?