Recent content by PaulBP14

Thanks Minty. This does look promising although it does imply it can only be used with an Azure SQL Server (which mine isn't) - although reading the guide suggests I may be able to create an Azure administrator on my Windows Server and open up the possibily. I'll do some experimenting.

Hi Vlad, this is what I do. I call a stored procedure when opening Access that sends the Windows username as a parameter, the sp will then confirm or deny entry as appropriate. The issue I have is that I need a user name and password to execute the usp, I use the method described in my post...

Hi Pat, that's worrying! Why do you say that? I do have local backups of all the databases so could spin up another server somewhere else quite quickly if needed although it would be very inconvenient. I choose AWS as I found Microsoft Azure servers impenetrable (as I do many things Microsoft)...

I have a SQL Server 2019 running on Amazon AWS and use Access 2021 as a front-end for an in-house application. I connect to SQL Server every time I want to run a stored procedure using a connection string in VBA: dbConn.Open "Driver={SQL Server};Server=SQLSERVER;Database=NorthWind;User...

Hi all My name is Paul and based in the North West United Kingdom. My background is mainly as a data engineer in a Business Intelligence environment but during that time I have built various apps with an Access front end and Microsoft SQL Server back-end. I would say I am pretty much an expert...