On 16 Sep 2003 09:36:26 -0700 in comp.databases.ms-access,
js****@cix.co.uk (John South) wrote:
I have an Access 2000 front end that I wish to work with a SQL Server
2000 database by means of Linked tables.
Do I have to use an ODBC connection to SQL Server?
It seems to be the only option offered in the table linking dialog.
Is there a more direct connection with OLE_DB?
For linking tables, ODBC is the way, nowt wrong with it, you can
bypass jet using pass-through queries, etc the only stumbling block
will be on low bandwidth connections where you discover that Access
likes to use a little more bandwidth than you anticipated, especially
re-linking over a slow link, on one site I worked on everything was
connected by Microwave or Breezecom radio links, re-linking 250 tables
over that lot used to take about 20 minutes, some forms took more than
a second or two to open but once in it was pretty fast. On a LAN
you'll have no problems except with exceptionally inefficient queries
either by you or by the way Jet interprets them, redesign it as a view
on the server... problem solved.
For OLEDB linked tables you need a ADP, not sure if Access 2000
supports those, long time since I looked at that version. The downside
to ADPs from what I can see is no local tables, queries e.g. you can
get away with VBA functions in queries, not with an ADP as they're
views on the server.
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