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Running Access locally on a different domain using VPN

We develop solutions using Access on the desktop and SQL Server on the network for clients throughout the US. Our standard method is to log in to the client's network via VPN and program on their server since we couldn't program on our development machines using the credentials provided by our clien [...]

2021-03-03T15:21:09-06:00November 22nd, 2011|

Query Pattern: Finding the maximum/minimum and getting the full row

Authored by Ben Clothier The other day Juan needed my help with a query that required a special technique commonly known as the Strawberry query. He needed a way to match one group of records with the first occurrence of a item in another table. From that I decided to write this post to share the te [...]

2023-07-07T05:47:56-05:00November 17th, 2011|

Online Utilities for Access Developers

Frequently, we work remotely on our clients' network, doing development work with one of their workstations and/or servers. As a consequence, it's not always desirable or practical to install our favorite utilities. We therefore make good use of online utilities that can help make development easier [...]

2011-09-29T22:44:48-05:00September 29th, 2011|

Access Services: Bringing your Access database to the web

Note: This is the third part of a three part series, you can find part one here and part two here. Authored by Ben Clothier To continue the series on Access and SharePoint integration (part 1 and part 2), we'll be looking at the latest kid on the SharePoint's block; Access Services. Access Services [...]

2021-03-03T10:40:51-06:00September 19th, 2011|

Stored Procedure Guide for Microsoft Access – Part 3

Authored by Ben Clothier This is a continuation of series Juan started exploring using stored procedures with Access. To see the previous articles, visit part 1 and part 2.  If you have been following the series, Juan already has walked you through how to use a stored procedure on the Access side. W [...]

2021-03-18T07:32:03-05:00August 25th, 2011|

Self-healing Objects

Use self-healing objects to avoid problems with objects not being initialized when running your code.

2011-07-26T22:37:35-05:00July 26th, 2011|

SharePoint and Access: How do they fit together?

Note: This is the first part of a three part series, you can find the second part here and the third part here. Hello, Access with SQL Server blog readers! This is my first post since joining the firm and I look forward to many more! Both Juan and I will be blogging here about Access, SQL Server and [...]

2016-03-08T01:09:03-06:00June 15th, 2011|
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