Database Container

[Dick7Access]

Studying a tutorial they mention a database container. To quote, “A good analogy is the Access Database Container. This is the window that appears every time you start Access. It contains all the objects in your database.”
Are they talking about the Navigation Pane?

 

[Galaxiom]

Container is a component of the Access Object Model.

Hard to say without more context than you have given by they appear to be misusing the term. Many developers are not aware of the Containers Collection so sometimes use the term to mean something else.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

I imagine they are talking about the design pane, but using it as an analogy. I think though an access object container is more likely to contain just objects of a certain type.

eg. The "container" collection for forms holds all the forms, not just open forms.

"containers" for objects are part of the DAO structure.

 

[AccessBlaster]

If you split your database using the wizard, say onto your desktop. The backend holding your tables could also be considered a container.

 

[jdraw]

Dick,

Perhaps you could identify the tutorial.

 

[Dick7Access]

Dick,

Perhaps you could identify the tutorial.

http://www.fmsinc.com/tpapers/primer/

 

[jdraw]

Dick,

Yes I believe they are just making a reference to the Navigation pane. They are describing a generic container --something that contains many other things.

From M$oft:
The Navigation Pane, new in Microsoft Office Access 2007, is a central location from which you can easily view and access all your database objects, run reports, or enter data directly in tables. The Navigation Pane replaces the Database window, which was used in earlier versions of Access. When you open a database in Office Access 2007, the Navigation Pane is displayed to the left of any open database objects or the workspace.

 

[HiTechCoach]

Studying a tutorial they mention a database container. To quote, “A good analogy is the Access Database Container. This is the window that appears every time you start Access. It contains all the objects in your database.”
Are they talking about the Navigation Pane?

In all the versions up to 2003 it was called the Databases Container. Some referred to it as the Databases Window.

In 2007 and later it was redesigned and renamed to the Navigation Pane/ This made it more consistent with the rest of the office a suite of applications.

 

[Dick7Access]

In all the versions up to 2003 tit was called it the Databases Container. Some referred to it as the Databases Window.

In 2007 and later it was redesigned and renamed to the Navigation Pane/ This made it more consistent with the rest of the office a suite of applications.

I'll be preaching in your area (Moore, OK) Sept 30th

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Just for clarification, in ORACLE you see the term container, too. However, for them, it is a file which could be one of many similar files. The container file "contains" whatever you put there, which could include references to other containers. At one point at our Navy site, we had an ORACLE instance with 20 containers spread over 12 different disks.

In that context, your GUI or command-line can be pointed to a container file to enumerate what it contains. The Navigation pane is conceptually similar, particularly if you remember that external references are shown specially in the Nav pane. If you have a split DB with an FE/BE situation, you can individually open the files and will see different things - because for example, the FE contains links to the BE for its tables and such, but the BE does NOT contain references to the forms, reports, macros, and modules of the FE.

Therefore, when you see "database container" - it COULD be something that was written by someone accustomed to other database products such as ORACLE. The NAV pane is a more modern nomenclature but it still is merely a "window into a container" if you think about what you see in FE/BE situations.