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Old March 10th, 2010, 03:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
forest8
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Default Sharing a database with multi-users

Hi

I have created a database in Access 2007 which will be placed on a server.
At the moment, the database will have 10 users at a single time.

Is it possible for all 10 users to open the database at the same time? Not
all will be adding information but some will be just viewing the information.

When should I split the database? Is this necessary?

Thank you in advance for your help.
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Old March 10th, 2010, 03:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
John W. Vinson
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Default Sharing a database with multi-users

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:15:01 -0800, forest8
wrote:

Hi

I have created a database in Access 2007 which will be placed on a server.
At the moment, the database will have 10 users at a single time.

Is it possible for all 10 users to open the database at the same time? Not
all will be adding information but some will be just viewing the information.


Yes. Nominally up to 255 users, in practice thirty or more updating, over 100
read only.

When should I split the database? Is this necessary?


Right now, and yes.

See http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/splitapp.htm for a thorough discussion.
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Old March 10th, 2010, 04:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Daniel Pineault
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Default Sharing a database with multi-users

If you are the sole user of a database then you can keep it as a single file
(and even this can be argued).

But the second you wish to allow multiple users to access the database over
a network, it is time to split your db into a front-end which gets deploy to
each user (each user should have there own copy on their own computer) and a
back-end which resides on a central server.

There are a number of reason why you need to split your db, which include
things like:
* performance benefits
* aids in maintenance
* reduces chances of corruption
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Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
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"forest8" wrote:

Hi

I have created a database in Access 2007 which will be placed on a server.
At the moment, the database will have 10 users at a single time.

Is it possible for all 10 users to open the database at the same time? Not
all will be adding information but some will be just viewing the information.

When should I split the database? Is this necessary?

Thank you in advance for your help.

 




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