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> Russell Griechen wrote: "By any terms Access is a relational database.
> Where have you been?"
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Agreeing with Russell, and being even more specific, it's a database
management system that allows you to build a relational database, using
Codd's relational algebra (rules for breaking data into meaningful clumps,
or entities, with their own attributes, but related to each other through
common attributes).
The point is, if the original poster needs to build a good Access database,
I would think she'd certainly learn about relational database design. And I
believe that's an opportunity well worth pursuing. It will aid her when/if
she ever has the opportunity to document the biggies: DB2, Oracle, etc.
