car classified type database

[Guest]

I would like to set up on my motor enthusiasts site, a free database for
users to add details of their vehicles for sale as in typical (obviously
very expensive) car classified type (user:enters own info/photo, and search
make/model etc....)databases. Before I embark on a huge self-training
marathon, do you think this type of database is realistically possible on
Access? I am currently trialing a standard free database provided by 1&1 but
its not very good.

 

[Arvin Meyer]

If the number of concurrent users is relatively small, Access is fine,
either as a stand-alone or with an ASP front end over the web.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Guest]

Thanks Arvin for your post, how many is small? couple of hundred? I am
currently searching tutorials avaialble for Access2003, do you know of any
that may be a similar type of database to a car database?

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

With a stand-alone front end, I'd say 30 to 75 depending upon what they are
doing. All writing/editing, you'd want to count on 30, a mixture can take up
to about 75. All reading several hundred. With a web app we've seen tens of
thousands of hits a day, but never more than a 8 or 10 at any given moment.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Guest]

Arvin,

thanks again for the useful info.

With a stand-alone front end, I'd say 30 to 75 depending upon what they are
doing. All writing/editing, you'd want to count on 30, a mixture can take up
to about 75. All reading several hundred. With a web app we've seen tens of
thousands of hits a day, but never more than a 8 or 10 at any given moment.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access