ODBC access over network to *.mdb

Question

I have a general question of how ODBC with *.mdb works.

In my understanding, and please correct me if I\'m wrong, no matter if I use odbc or not, when accessing an

Answer 1

You have a good question and I can't answer it!

However:

If you are using and access front end and data with multiple users MS recommend:

1. You split the database into two files. One has the tables the other has everything else (ie the front end file)

2. each users has a copy of the front end file (this is essential sometimes, but you can get away without doing this, but it's NOT advisable as some code can screw multiple users up!)

So it's only data that gets pushed around, not forms and report definitions.

Here some interesting pages here

In short:

If you are working with a Microsoft Jet (.mdb) database, it is more efficient to use the DAO classes than the Microsoft Access ODBC driver.