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    Traffic is up!

    Do you have a breakdown by Country? My site got loads of hits from China. Irrelevant what my opinion of them, this doesn't count for me. Shimon
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    Connect / Import MariaDB table(s) into Access

    Hi, I would suggest having the MariaDB tables as linked tables, name them lnktTBL1, lnkTable2 etc. Create a duplicate set of tables names Table1, Table2 having the same structure. Upon startup run a Delete query on Table1 and Table2 and then have an Insert (update?) query that copies all data...
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    Using a Windows 10/11 client computer as a 'quasi server' for other client computers.

    Hi, This is what I found. If you install an SQL Server Express somewhere in your network, you can share all hosted databases with all users in your network... there is no limitation based on the number of users, only in size and compute power. Sincerely, Shimon P.S. I couldn't add the link...
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    Solved Determining last update date of all objects

    Hi, I downloaded the example app and tried it on a file created and updated by Enterprise Architect. This is a UML oriented analysis and design tool. The file format is ( at least in older versions of EA) an Access format. I changed the file extension from eap to mdb and opened the file in...
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    MS Access slow when two identical Queries are opened simultaneously

    Is this a DB that you created? If not, maybe this is relevant: within Access, Forms, Reports and Queries have a RecordLocks property that controls how the underlying data is locked. Setting this to "No Locks" (0) should mean that optimistic locking is used, and two or more users can edit the...
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    TextBox preventing a set of records to update

    Hi, In DB2 there is a setting of how many rows get locked at a time. I just looked this up and found that this is possible in SQL Server, as well. There several adverse aspects in playing around with these settings without knowing what you are doing, but it may be a possible solution for your...
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    Hello from Jerusalem

    Thanks Doc. I found that thread and started reading it. In general, I try to keep politics ( and religion) out of my workspace conversation. Shimon
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    Hello from Jerusalem

    Hi, I'm Shimon from Jerusalem, Israel. I'm an Access user from about 1995 (dabbled in DOS based db program, before that). I wouldn't call myself a programmer, as I've done very little programming. The last 20 years, I've been involved mostly in the SW engineering world, teaching and coaching...
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