Access 2002 similar to bundled database?

[douglas]

How similar is Access 2002 to the bundled database with
Works Suite 2003?

I imagine the bundled version is inferior, but want
exactly is it missing?

Thanks
douglas

 

[John Nurick]

Hi Douglas,

The two have almost nothing in common except the word "database". Access
is a powerful database management system that includes:
-two powerful multi-user SQL-compatible relational database engines (Jet
and MDE)
-a design and development environment with sophisticated easy-to-use
form, report and query design tools,
-the ability to connect via ODBC to a huge range of other data sources
from PCs to mainframes
-the ability to create anything from a simple single-user desktop
database to a complex enterprise system.

The database element of Works lacks just about all of that. It's a very
simple flat file data manager, suitable for address lists and simple
inventories but not much else. If you know anything about Excel's data
and list management capabilities, you've already outstripped it.