request for advise on modifying shared database

[arno]

Hello,

I have been asked to make modifications in a database but I am not
very familiar with Access. This database is accessed over the network,
by many concurrent users. Working directly in the production database,
apart from being bad practice in general I suppose:), is therefore not
an option. But taking it down isn't either. What I am looking for is
some pointers to sites/books that can supply me with guidelines on how
to best go about.

tia,
arno

[salad]

Re: request for advise on modifying shared database

arno wrote:

Hello,
>
I have been asked to make modifications in a database but I am not
very familiar with Access. This database is accessed over the network,
by many concurrent users. Working directly in the production database,
apart from being bad practice in general I suppose:), is therefore not
an option. But taking it down isn't either. What I am looking for is
some pointers to sites/books that can supply me with guidelines on how
to best go about.
>
tia,
arno

You might want to start with

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm

You can go to http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&
and search in groups *access* for distributing apps.

[Albert D. Kallal]

Re: request for advise on modifying shared database

This 6 will explain how you can make modifications off site..and then deploy
the updates, or new great version
to the customers site:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/split/index.htm

So, you can most certainly work on a "copy" of both the applcation, and the
data..

--
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKa llal@msn.com