access 97 upgrade

[advance scout]

I am currently using Access 97. I am thinking of updating to the latest
version of Access. Will I encounter any problems in using my access 97
databases.. and if so can I instead have both versions installed?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Allen Browne has a good summary of what problems, if any, you might
encounter upgrading your Access 97 databases to Access 2003 at
http://www.allenbrowne.com/ser-48.html

There's no problem with having both versions on the same machine. Just make
sure you tell Office not to uninstall the previous version when you're
installing the new version. (Of course, this assumes you've got a regular
version of Office 2003, not an upgrade version. When you purchase an Upgrade
version, you don't get a new license. That means you can't legally install
both versions)