Re: ACID test for Microsoft Access databases?

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> Neb Revod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
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> >> Do Microsoft Acccess databases pass the ACID test? The test case is
> >> where an Access database resides on a shared drive and multiple users
> >> can simultaneously modify the database.
> > 
> > Oh, man.
> > Here we go again...
> > 
> 
> Since I'm new to this newsgroup, I'm not trying to do anything "again". If 
> this was the subject of some tools wars back in the past, I'm sorry, but I 
> really need to know the answer to this question.
> 
> Perhaps you can suggest another newsgroup where I should ask it?
> 

No, no. Didn't mean to offend. This is NG is about as good a place as 
any to ask that question. Its just that your question comes right on the 
heels of a three-week rant-fest about whether or not Access is a 
"relational" database, or whether it is a database at all.

Strictly speaking, the answer is no. While an Access database can be 
configured to provide functionality that will satisfy the first three 
requirements, it is notorious for its inability to provide for the 
"durability" requirement.