Comments on: MS Access has no LIST data type http://schinckel.net/2006/08/22/ms-access-has-no-list-data-type/ Like a fortune cookie, only without the fortune, and not a cookie. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Matthew Schinckel http://schinckel.net/2006/08/22/ms-access-has-no-list-data-type/#comment-1317 Matthew Schinckel Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:25:16 +0000 http://schinckel.blogsome.com/2006/08/22/ms-access-has-no-list-data-type/#comment-1317 Yeah, I was going to use SQL - the whole Access was just a test of a couple of things. I just didn't have access to a MySQL server at the time. I didn't actually do any database stuff at all at Uni. I've picked up a couple of things along the way, but in terms of databases, I'm all self-taught. And not that well taught either. Yeah, I was going to use SQL - the whole Access was just a test of a couple of things. I just didn’t have access to a MySQL server at the time.

I didn’t actually do any database stuff at all at Uni. I’ve picked up a couple of things along the way, but in terms of databases, I’m all self-taught. And not that well taught either.

]]> By: Derek Waters http://schinckel.net/2006/08/22/ms-access-has-no-list-data-type/#comment-1316 Derek Waters Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:40:01 +0000 http://schinckel.blogsome.com/2006/08/22/ms-access-has-no-list-data-type/#comment-1316 G'day Matt, Didn't you do some Computer Science at uni? Remember database normal forms? Slightly more complicated in retrieval, perhaps, but much easier in the updating, if you put the relationships in a separate table. Probably overkill for what seems like a very small database, I guess. I have no idea what this project is, but why not use MySQL (in your previous post) to include self-references. If you need to use the Access form editor, I think you can still access a MySQL database using an ODBC Data Source. Dero. G’day Matt,

Didn’t you do some Computer Science at uni? Remember database normal forms? Slightly more complicated in retrieval, perhaps, but much easier in the updating, if you put the relationships in a separate table. Probably overkill for what seems like a very small database, I guess.

I have no idea what this project is, but why not use MySQL (in your previous post) to include self-references. If you need to use the Access form editor, I think you can still access a MySQL database using an ODBC Data Source.

Dero.

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