Upgrade from Access 95

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Joe Jackson

I've been asked by management to give them reasons they should upgrade from
Access 95.

They wouldn't accept....."Well, duh......."

They want actual sources that I can provide that say that upgrading from
Access 95 is a good idea. I've looked around and couldn't really find
anything. I'm sure that there was plenty of stuff a while back, but this
product is now almost 10 years old. I still think that "Well, duh...." was
a perfectly acceptable answer.

Any help that can be provided would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Hi Joe

You will be hard pressed to find anyone here who still uses Access 95.

With the possible exception of the original release of Access 2000, it was
probably the most bug-ridden version ever released. The patches released for
A2000 mean it is now usable. You could barely say the same for A95.

Would you use a product that writes changes to the wrong record? The
bookmark bug alone should stop anyone using this version. To demonstrate it:

1. Find a table with a few hundred records in it.

2. Create a form with a combo at the top to navigate records. I think the
wizard for this was in A95. If not, use the code from:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/ser-03.html

3. Open the form. Delete one of the early records. Use the combo to jump to
one of the later records (at least 256 records later).

4. Write down the primary key value for this record, and make some changes
to this record. Save.

5. Close the form, and re-open. You will discover that Access overwrote
those changes to the wrong record.

More info on the Bookmark bug:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/bug-04.html

And you can tell your boss, this information came from an author who wrote a
book about Access 95 (ISBN 0-672-30869-X).
 
10. Arguably the worst version of Access (or in fact of any Microsoft
product) ever.
9. No longer supported by Microsoft.
8. No longer supported by most professionals (certainly no professional with
good sense) It is a pretty safe bet that any professional that is supporting
it is either not very good, or is ripping off your company.
7. Uses unsupported legacy code (DoMenuItem, etc.)
6. Data cannot be shared with later versions without conversion.
5. Expansion of users is impossible (you cannot buy new licenses)
4. No support for unicode (no support for most international documents)
3. No support for current ActiveX controls.
2. No support for automation with current Office products.
1. And the number 1 reason ... Well DUH!
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
Hey Arvin... I thought Jeff Conrad was the one who did all the "10 Best"
lists around here! <g>

Fred Boer
 
Nah, I'll leave that one to the expert.
Never used Access 95, but it sounds like I did not miss anything!
 
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