access database online

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is there a way of accessing my database online

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i am trying to upload my database online so my customer can access it and enter job / order requests online then the iformation would be sent to us in some form
 
Access is not web enabled. Your best solution is to create standard Excel workbooks and let the user email those to you. You can then import them to your database without rekeying. Another alternative is Outlook forms if your clients also use outlook or InfoPath if they use InfoPath.
 
You could write an admin area in code e.g. asp that would enable web users to read and write in the database though if you are not a coder i would look in to Pats answer :)
 
James, Jet can be used to access an "Access" database but Access itself would not be involved in that and Access does not need to be installed on the web server for this to happen. Only the Jet engine is required.

This causes great confusion because people say "I use Access for my web application" when what they really mean is they use Jet for their web application. In the minds of most people Access and Jet are one. In reality they are separate and different. One provides you with the ability to create application objects such as forms and reports and the other gives you a place to hold your data and the ability to query it.
 

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