Calendar Web App w/ Access

[Justin M. Keyes]

Hi,

I need to make a website that has a calendar page which stores data on a MS
SQL database.
I've been told that Access would be useful for this (with or without MS
Exchange), but I'm
confused as to how this is true. Wouldn't I just have to pull the data from
Jet or MS DB like a normal
implementation? Or, does Access have some utility that serves a form
accessible via http?

I don't understand why it would be more useful/expedient than a normal
database.

Thank you.

 

[Roxie Aho]

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I need to make a website that has a calendar page which stores data on a MS
SQL database.
I've been told that Access would be useful for this (with or without MS
Exchange), but I'm
confused as to how this is true. Wouldn't I just have to pull the data from
Jet or MS DB like a normal
implementation? Or, does Access have some utility that serves a form
accessible via http?

I don't understand why it would be more useful/expedient than a normal
database.

Thank you.

I don't know enough about Web development or your needs to
say that Access should be your choice. However, Access
frequently is used as a front end to SQL Server in which
Jet is not used.

Roxie Aho
roxiea at usinternet.com

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

On your description, it doesn't look like any place
for an Access database.

You can use Access to create an HTML page, and you can use a normal Access
database as a normal database, but any other way you choose will be just as
good or (probably) better.

(david)

 

[Justin M. Keyes]

Thanks guys.

 

[Chris Nebinger]

If you needed a DB to store the calender info to drive the
website, then Access could work.

If you wanted a front end (forms/reports) and the data is
stored in SQL Server, with no data being used, then yeah,
Access could do that too.

You <i>could</i> use Access Data Access Pages, but IMHO,
ASP or better yet, ASP.NET would be better at your task.


Chris Nebinger