Microsoft (MS) Access and SQL are different database applications with pros and cons. But, instead of choosing between them, you can, as it turns out, make them work together.

How to: MS SQL to MS Access. Microsoft Access provides tools that make it relatively easy to load data from a variety of external data sources and in many different formats. There is no connection ...

Conclusion While MS Access has its strengths, particularly for small-scale applications, it may not be sufficient to meet the demands of a growing business. Converting your MS Access database to SQL ...

Microsoft said its upcoming hosted database service will switch from standard Web programming interfaces to the same relational one used by its on-premise counterpart.

If you are interested in the fastest performance, don't use Access as a front-end to a SQL Server database. While Access is relatively easy to learn and fast to develop in, its performance is poor ...

Easily export MS Access databases to SQL scripts! This project provides a Python-based utility to export the structure and data of MS Access databases (.mdb, .accdb) into an SQL script. The tool ...

Leon McCalla on the Microsoft Connect forum says that KB 2992611 breaks ODBC access in SQL Server 2008. Mike G on the Citrix forum reports that KB 2992611 breaks XML.