Gary Acord schrieb:
> Christian Mueller-Straten wrote:
>
> >Dear Friends,
> >As far as I know, MS does not tell users that it is confined to about
> 30.000 objects. The more objects are stored, the slowly it will work. For
larger museums MS Access does not seems to be a good idea. A real data base is
> better.
> >Or am I wrong?
>
> The speed at which you get information out of your database is directly
> related to how much you have, how much you ask for at any one time, and how
> well the database is designed.

This is exactly, what I meant.

If anyone is looking to use Access I would
> recommend that you take a look at SNAP! goto http://www.willo.com for
> details.
> If you intend to start from scratch you will spend far more than the cost of
> a couple licenses of SNAP!.
>
> Second, I wish Christian would clarify "real database".  Access is a "real"
> relational database program.  I'm sure what is meant here is a server driven
> relational database system like Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.  Using such
> is systems is the only logical route with large organization.

This is exactly what I meant.

Of course, if
> anyone is looking at one of these, chances are you are not the one building
> the collections system.  Besides, many of the shrink wrapped collections
> programs around either use a desktop database like Access or a server
> database like SQL Server.  And many of the shops that built them will work
> with you to tailor it around to fit your needs saving you lots of time and
> money.
>
> Gary Acord
> Acord Information Management
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