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Sorry for coming back to this thread so late.:o I've made no changes to the database recently (will do before Christmas), but overall, performance hasn't been terrible. I know I need to address some issues, but I have more pressing ones to attend to. As security issues weren't seen as a...

Ditto. Sorry for being late in saying 'Happy Birthday'! I hope you had a lovely day.:) My fingers are crossed for your wife Brian; I hope her surgery is successful and that she recovers quickly.

Very true. One could possibly see it as stealth privatisation... I wonder which other parts of the NHS will be outsourced next.:( Aside from future doom and gloom, there is perhaps an overall bright side to this particular outsourcing; service level agreements. Now, when various systems go...

I tried to post yesterday, but the forum appeared to be having problems.:confused: I'll give you some background to this. And yes, Galaxiom, I work for the National Health Service. Hence my tale of woe...:rolleyes: I was asked to create a new db soon after I applied for this job in May. A...

Thanks for your replies. Re: installing the FE locally on users' machines. While I get that this isn't really an 'installation' as such, we're not allowed anything; not even one measly Word doc to be stored on our machines. There would be a lot of machines to install on, so I'd suspect that IS...

Thanks RG and Dave; there's an awful lot of info in those links and I expect there's quite a lot of optimisation I can do. I see the problems now with users accessing one, shared FE on the network. I'm stumped as to what I can do to get around this. While I've not tried to do it, all...

Thanks for your replies. I'll start with a question. With a split db, as I understand it, I've two options. I can either use a FE which all users access in a shared network folder, or I install FE's on individual users' machines. If I've got this wrong, please tell me. Presuming that it is a...

I've an unsplit db on a network which is being used by several people. When the db went live, I did split it, however, diabolically slow network speeds meant that after 5 minutes, there was no guarantee that a form would load... More often than not, Access crashed. So, I reverted to an...

Congratulations! I wish you both a very happy future together.:)

Aye, we're permanently in Newcastle now; I don't think I could face travelling any distance with a toddler. When he's a bit older, I'll think about it! And you may be seeing more of me now that I'm using Access again at work... My memory is somewhat rusty!

A very belated "congratulations", Brian; that's fantastic news!:)

Well, there are plenty of fools around here! :D Oo-arrrrr! I jest, but am glad that ye pirates still celebrate Pirate Day. I'm only late here as some rapscallion corsair sank my ship! Arghh!

Another one I missed. :( Hope you had a great day, Col.

At least you beat me to it, Brian! Hope you had a lovely day, Hayley.:)

Ha! Nope - recently moved to a larger flat, so was sans internet for a few weeks.:(

Hope you had a good day. Sorry it's late - only got broadband installed today.:(

If I could vote, then I'd vote for Hilary. But there is little really between her and Obama. As long as it isn't a republican.;)

Usually, roundabouts are considerably more expensive than signals, which is why signals are so common - both in the UK and in France. Unless you're talking about mini-roundabouts, which are dirt cheap. It's not uncommon for a roundabout to cost £30k, and signals £15k. As for friendliness...

It's a bit late, I know, but congratulations! Or should I say, felicitations! Oh, you're making me wish that we were back there now.

Pie was Andrew's idea, but given that we're doing a lot of maths at present on the course, Pi seemed more apt. ;) And yes, we'll both be back at uni full time after the birth (due date 08/08/08), and will hopefully work once we hopefully get our degrees. I don't have any choice about leaving...