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- From: ipscone@halcyon.com (Mike Davis)
- Subject: Re: MS Visual C++ 4.0 VS Access for Small Database Development Question
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- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:27:57 GMT
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- rmorin@inforamp.net (Randy Charles Morin) wrote:
-
- >ipscone@halcyon.com (Mike Davis) wrote:
- >>I have a project that will involve using a database to store
- >>information on a group of Students. I will need to save information
- >>on their stats, family info, etc. There will be queries, sorting and
- >>reports required.
- >>I have programmed in MS Access for this in the past but have
- >>not used MS Visual C++ for this kind of program.
- >>Which would be the best choice? I know this is probably a
- >>difficult thing to answer with the LITTLE information provided.
- >>What are the pros and cons of each?
-
- >Forget the pros and cons of programming using C++ and Access. The
- >simple matter is that you have already programmed in Access. Well, if
- >you can do it without learning something knew, then do it that way.
- >There's an infinite amount of important things that you could learn.
- >Thus, you could learn the rest of your life. If you can do it with
- >what you know, then forget learning and enjoy the profits of success.
-
- I have programmed in both. I just havn't used the DB functions in
- Visual C++.
-
- What iritates me about your comment is that you are basically saying
- to stop learning. I, for one, do not plan to stop learning.
- I SPECIFICALLY want to learn the BEST way to perform the task
- that I have undertaken.
-
- My questions, for others, still stands. I am looking for the correct
- approach.
-
-