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Thanks nixgeek, I think that's just about it. It really is not that complicated and anyone in doubt can read the few clear sentences I wrote with an open mind. They are brief and some corners are cut which I have explained in full. I would repeat myself going further into this. I admit I...

Ha, yes that could be great fun. But the article is read-only ... /gustav

Ok then, thanks - now we are talking - I could not follow the free-flying fantasy of Jeff: <quote> Heavy load on a network is not specific to the Macs; it is just so, that in this part of the world such networks are nearly always dealing with "media" in a broad sense and populated with Macs...

> .. which I believe stems from lack of knowledge about Macintosh computers, not some real-world observation. I'm astonished. It's exactly opposite and I have nowhere stated otherwise. /gustav

Fryke, it's only a question of network traffic. To clarify, the scenario is a set of workstations (typically Windows) sharing an Access/JET database hosted on some SMB host, typically a Windows Server or a general purpose NAS. Bringing this into a very busy network _will_ not but _may_...

Leo, why didn't you behave and put these relevant comments in your first post? The answer is empirical research since version 1.0. You seem to have the faulty assumption that Access/JET databases turns corrupt all the time. I guess you have read the word "prevent" in the title of the...

Oh, a new anonymous troll has arrived.

Jeff, corruption in Access databases for image and memo fields is a topic for discussion; some tell they experience it regularly, some (like me) experience it never or seldom. In fact, we have had the issue at one single client only. But when some have reported about it, I felt it should be...

Please Jeff (that is Jeff, right), step forward - it sounds like you know what you are talking about. However, you don't talk much about Access, so please keep in mind that you will talk to someone who does. Just to clarify, let me stress that the advice given in the article about Macs has...

Charlie, > .. why store it in Windows? Access (JET) is a shared file based database. The file is stored on a shared network drive which can be hosted by just about any OS, including Linux, Solaris, Novell NetWare, Mac OS, and any newer version of Windows. /gustav

Well nixgeek, didn't I exclude you from the crowd? And no, I don't earn from clicks, but if you visit that page again - which I did today - you will find near the bottom a link to this forum which I didn't know about. That twist made me curious and I signed up. To my disappointment, to a...

Thanks Ora! You are absolutely right. Well, you have to draw some sharp lines in an article to gain attention. Editors requests clicks to attract advertisers. However, these divined Mac people with this "Mac only" attitude do exist. They are not prepared to make any compromise as an...

Better late than never! You certainly don't add much to the knowledge base, so I'll only spend a minute more on this. I think we all would benefit from working with the issues that do exist in mixed environments in a constructive way. Many Mac people think likewise but some don't for no...

Thank you to Satcomer and nixgeek for constructive comments. The other commenteers could learn from these two who obviously have real life experience with the issues and actively work for solutions. Note please, that we don't write that macs are sh.t, neither that Access is God, neither...