http://proofficedev.com/blog/2007/04/24/text-data-sources-in-ms-access-part-1/ News, views and articles from our membership Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:12:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://proofficedev.com/blog/2007/04/24/text-data-sources-in-ms-access-part-1/#comment-359 The PODA Blog - News, views and articles from our membership » Text Data Sources in MS Access (part 2) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:55:34 +0000 http://proofficedev.com/blog/2007/04/24/text-data-sources-in-ms-access-part-1/#comment-359 [...] In the opening episode of this discussion, I suggested that many developers may be wary of flat files performing the role of data source for their system. From personal experience, I’d attribute the bulk of that sentiment to the fact that however reliable their source, text files are akin to the box of proverbial chocolates - and unless the dancing part of your system takes full responsibility for evaluating their content, your project will likely wind up in another shade of proverbial brown. [...] […] In the opening episode of this discussion, I suggested that many developers may be wary of flat files performing the role of data source for their system. From personal experience, I’d attribute the bulk of that sentiment to the fact that however reliable their source, text files are akin to the box of proverbial chocolates - and unless the dancing part of your system takes full responsibility for evaluating their content, your project will likely wind up in another shade of proverbial brown. […]

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