MS Access - How good is it?

Desmo · 24-09-2008, 09:41

Here at work we need to set up a mailing list for potential new customers as well as mailing current customers. We currently use our accounts package but it's starting to limit our options on how we split the customer list down.

I was looking at using Access to make a new database which means I can far more selective in business type, area, etc. My initial thoughts are it can do what we want. It will store business details, allow me to select the info I want and then output that to printed labels.

In the future I may well move our entire customer database on to it. I've never used Access before apart from a bit of a play last night, but before I dive in fully, how good is it? How robust? Are there any limitations?

24-09-2008, 09:41	#1
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	MS Access - How good is it? Here at work we need to set up a mailing list for potential new customers as well as mailing current customers. We currently use our accounts package but it's starting to limit our options on how we split the customer list down. I was looking at using Access to make a new database which means I can far more selective in business type, area, etc. My initial thoughts are it can do what we want. It will store business details, allow me to select the info I want and then output that to printed labels. In the future I may well move our entire customer database on to it. I've never used Access before apart from a bit of a play last night, but before I dive in fully, how good is it? How robust? Are there any limitations? __________________