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Re: ADO, multiuser, MS Access

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From: Matt Jacobs
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:21
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"Simon Elliott" <Simon at ctsn.co.uk> wrote:

>All my previous BCB ADO apps have either been single user with an MS
>Access database residing on the same PC as the user, or have been
>multiuser with MS SQL Server.
>
>I now want to develop a multiuser BCB app with ADO, which will allow
>multiple users on multiple PCs to use a single MS Access database. Is
>this possible with ADO? Are there any restrictions on the PC where the
>MS Access database will reside?

You can share an Access database on a network. You may have to tweak
the network settings to get a robust implementation (especially server
caching), but it's doable. I would say 5-10 concurrent users is
probably okay.
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