Re: FN-FORUM: Access - how it works..

date posted 21st January 2005 15:00


>Is the DB actually running in the background somewhere? Or is it just
>like any other MS file?
>Can I make it tell me if something is changed?
>
>
From my understanding, acces db's are basically flat files, accessed as
and when they are required, therefore not memory resident. If someone
accesses the access file (OMG) you can't get it to tell you it's happened.

Just out of interest, why you using access?