Hosting DB On A Network Server
Oct 31, 2006
Hello,
I have a database that will be installed on a network server and then accessed by the client workstations. I want to be able to lock down the db to that particular machine, so that the client cannot port/copy the db to any other machine and then run it from there. Is this possible to do? Has anyone attempted anything like this before, and if so how did you accomplish such a task?
The reasoning behind doing this is to prevent the client or employee from taking the db and going to another company and implementing it for free.
Thanks in advance.
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Jun 17, 2012
I have a database which is now reasonably finished and am looking slightly ahead at how it can be accessed by the staff. The first clinic has two stations that need constant access to it, namely the clinic area and the reception area.The second clinic is about 3 kilometers distance away from the main clinic and will also need constant access which, I presume,would be by hosting the database on a Windows based Server, to which all three locations would connect and then be able to use the database directly. When I say Windows Server I mean as could be used to host a web site on the Internet rather than use of an internal Intranet system.
Should I split the database and only host the backend part on the server (i.e. the tables)?Does the whole database need to be uploaded to the Windows Server?Is any other software required to make this work?I presume that I would need to introduce record locking? Is this easily done and, if so, how?
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Jun 4, 2007
I am making a database to coordinate the activities of my band (how rock and roll!)...
Is there a way I can somehow host the file remotely, and have users (4 total) access that file through their own computer using access, so they can write, edit, delete records?
We have a db at my work that we use like this, accessing from multiple computers, though this is on a network drive.
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Nov 15, 2013
I'm experimenting with MS Access, and I've successfully split an MDB someone created into two files. I can access the database from 2 computers at once using the front end file connecting to a file server which hosts the _be.mdb file.
Could the _be.mdb file theoretically be on a NAS without any computer attached, or is there some runtime or full version of Access that needs to run on the machine with the back end file?
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Jun 20, 2012
My DB is split into BE and FE into about 5 Laptops. The DB is for entering personal information of pensioners.
sometimes it becomes necessary to take a computer away from the office to capture data of sick and aged pensioners. Now if you take the server (BE) out all the other clients (FE) will not work, and if you take a client out it wont work.
To solve the issue I decided to install a standalone version of the db in all the clients. If out of the network, the standalone DB is used and later captured data to betransfered to the server.
My question: Is there a code that I can use to check if my server is available to start the FE or if unavailable to start the standalone?
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Sep 19, 2012
I am developing a database for a company with about 10 users of the DB each using the DB on their own PC/Mac.
The workplace does not have a network. All work is done and stored on their own computers. They do not have a server either.
They do have a BT Business Hub providing broadband both wired and wirelessly.
The database is built using Access 2010.
I need to set up user groups/permissions on the database so certain staff can only see certain forms/tables etc...
What are my options here?
There is money available to buy a server or whatever. But ideally if there is another way of storing it and doing it, then I would like to give that a try.
I was reading somewhere you can use the Hub to create a small network, is this possible? And if so, whats the set up process for this?
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May 20, 2013
I am attempting to link a table in one database to another database using the server name designation (ie.//2sxfprinff01Group) instead of the mapped network name (ie. G:). I tried relinking using the Access Link Manager. Right click on the linked table. But it does not let you edit the link.
Access 2007 does not allow this and reverts links to the G: drive. There are situations where the the IT department have set the mappings to this shared location as an H: for some of the employees. In those cases, the employee gets an error message telling them that Access cannot locate the G: drive.
An obvious solution is to get the employees remapped to the G: drive. However, one would think that MS would have allowed for mapping to the designated location and not an alias.
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Jun 12, 2015
I would like to publish my access file in sharepoint but I know very little about sharepoint and how to attain a free or testing or trial account. Essentially I would like others to access and edit the file on the web simultaneously.
All youtube sites speaks to how to get started using sharepoint but always assuming that you already have access but this is not my case. I need to know how to acquire sharepoint.
On my computer there is a sharepoint application which I installed but it seems to have no purpose.
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Mar 31, 2006
Hi,
I need to design a database for a blog hosting website but I have no idea about how to do this. please please please could someone help?
katy_deacon
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May 30, 2006
Hi. Does anyone know a web hosting company that supports Data Access Pages? Thank you.
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Sep 30, 2005
Hello,
I have a database that located on a network. I have several child replicas that only certain persons can access. The main database, everyone has all rights to. The child only the person allowed to have access has rights to. We keep getting the message that the database is already in use, when a second persontries to get into the database. Does anyone have any suggestions that might help?
Thanks,
David
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Nov 15, 2005
I'm using a DLookup to show a calculated value in a field on a form:
=nz(DLookUp("OutstandingQty","qryremaininginvoiceamount2","[ODID] = " & Forms!frmOrders!sfrmOrderDetails!ODID),0)
I can't add it to the form's base query because when I do the query becomes un-updatable.
While I'm working on the form on my pc locally the field shows the correct value. However when I view it on my client's pc, where the data is on the server but everyone has a frontend, the field shows Error#.
Any ideas or is there a better way to show this calculated amount?
Thanks
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Dec 16, 2005
Hi
I have created a management DB which basically shows a high level overview of our Call Logging system. This is basically a split DB (FE on users machine and BE on Network). In th FE there are also a couple of ODBC Linked tables from the main DB.
Everything is working fine with this but periodically there seems to be a Network Blip which causes numerous error messages 'object not set' and Disk or Network Error.
I appreciate that this is probably due to the Network experiencing a tiny blip but it kills my DB.
Is there any way to either automatically reconnect the DB or alternatively close the DB cleanly without all the error messages.
Any suggestions?
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Feb 14, 2006
I have two pc,s hooked up as a workgroup network( no server) I have a database on one of the pc,s and when I open the database in the other pc it says that it is "read only". So I cant enter new records.
How can I resolve this problem??????
Thankyou in advance
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Mar 11, 2006
is there any way to use a same database in a network that if i entered some entery and some body else entered another entery it will show all data entered by every people in everyone's computer ?!
thanks
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Apr 1, 2006
For the past several years I have been designing and building Access databases. They are designed for small evironments to be used on one machine only.
I am now faced with a situation where my client would like to have his database placed on his network server so it can be accessed by several computers.
This is a little outside my area of expertise.
I have searched the forum but I keep coming up with references to front end and back end and other things I don't understand.
Can someone point me in the right direction to search for:
what should be on the netword and what should be in the computer.
what changes should I make to the database stand-alone vs. network.
what unexpected problems should I expect.
Or perhaps you could suggest a book I could buy to assist me.
Many thanks
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Oct 20, 2006
Just trying to get some more replies...
This post is really aimed at someone that has experience of network databases and the problems they can pose but if you can help at all that would be great!
I work for an insurance company and we have created a database for registering complaints on. The one we currently use is a single .mdb file which can be shared by up to 60 people at any one time. This is creating a lot of problems when the queries and some VBA code are run. I therefore made a server file which is just an mdb file with data tables in and NO forms or queries. This file is stored on a shared drive on the network server. We then created a client file which contains all of the forms and queries and code. This file contains linked tables to the server so when data is entered into the form, it "Sends" it to the server mdb file. The client is installed on each of the local machines c:. The problem with this was that if we made a change to the database, we would need to reinstall the client on every single user pc. This would of took ages. I therefore made an auto-update function that checked the version number on the server and if the server number was greater than the client number, a simple .bat fiile was run which copied the updated client file from the network to the relevant users local disk.
The problem we have now is that our IT department are concered that if we make a change to the client and all the staff log in at 9am for example, it will start doing multiple copying of a file around 8mb in size to around 60 machines. They are only running on a 2meg pipe so this could cause some problems. We are not looking to change the client & server idea but does anyone know if this will have a big impact and infact if the updates for 60 machine is the equivalent or lesser of 60 people sharing the single file i mentioned earlier. If the IT dept are happy with 60 users accessing the same file at the same time, which they currently are, why are they unhappy with it updating these machine using the new method.
Would really apopreciate any thoughts anyone has..
Thanks a lot.
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Nov 10, 2006
Hi everyone
I have searched for help on this forum and all over for a while but cannot find the help i need.
I have a database stored in my user area on a schools network. Other users around the school access the database by clicking on a shortcut to it found on their start menu. The database is not split with a fe/be and usernames and passwords are not required to log on, they simply click the link.
I would like to know how I can find out which users have the database open at any given time? I have a piece of software that tells me the computer name but that is no use, I need the users name. Is there a way of pulling this from the network because each user must first log on to their computer using their name and password before they can access the database?
Any suggestions appreciated
James
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Jan 11, 2007
I have a small access database that my users keep open all day long. Access 2000.
I have one primary version of the DB on the network. No one uses it. I have another file on the network that has linked tables to the primary db. I copy a version of this DB to each workstation.
So each user has a full blown DB on their desktop with linked tables back to the main DB. Is this a good set up or are there any issues doing this? What is the best set up for multiple users across the network? Thanks.
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Jun 4, 2007
I'm making a version of my dba using the upsizing wizard, then i'm packinging it to distribute it as a runtime version and save the data on sql server
But i'd like to be able to keep track of who is adding what to the database.
How can I check who added what data? from which station? how can I monitor things in that setting?
Also if 2 users open the same form I'd like to restrict the second user, and have a window poping up telling him/her "you cannot add data to this table until user#123 is done with that table" a little bit like quickbooks does.
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Sep 18, 2007
Hi Guys,
This might sound like a stupid question but I'm just trying to work through it in my head and I don't want to miss something, so a couple of new pairs of eyes might just clarify.
I've created a call monitoring database for a call centre and I have split this so that they have a front end and a back end as per someones instructions. They have done the normal thing in as much as just putting a shortcut on everyone's computer so that they are all trying to access the one front end instead of putting a copy of it on everyone's machine. I've got a feeling they are going to ask me to go in and put it right, so when they have put a copy on everyone's machine will that automatically link to the back end or do new links have to be made, if so how would I/they do this? - is it done from each computer?
I don't really know, I'm just assuming that's what needs to be done but I don't want to tell an IT team that what to do if it's not.
I've only ever set up a sharing database once before and that was built on the company network and I set it up on each computer in the department, but they weren't doing data entry it was only for interrogation purposes and it was a few years ago now so I'm rusty, but I do remember it took me a long time to do.
Thanks for any help.
Donna
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Jan 3, 2008
I have a db on a network drive and the performance is terrible, it runs fine on my local machine. How can I make it run better? The db is only 2 megs so I figured it would be ok, but since my forms have numerous queries within them, performance stinks.
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Dec 5, 2007
Hi,
I've been developing a database 900k records so far, and with the DB installed on my local machine my queries that I use for my reports work pretty good. They will open in under 10 seconds.
but now that I've about done with the DB, I've moved it to the network, and now those same queries are taking forever to run some over a minute to open!!
Here is an example of one of the queries
SELECT q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Main_ID, q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Code, q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Code_Description, q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Display_text, q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Static_Text, q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Effective_Start_Date, q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Effective_End_Date, tbl_IIR_description.IIR_code, tbl_IIR_description.IIR_description
FROM q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1 LEFT JOIN tbl_IIR_description ON q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Information = tbl_IIR_description.IIR_ID
WHERE (((q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Effective_Start_Date)<=[Forms]![frm_report_screen]![txt_date_completelist]) AND ((q_complete_list_IIR_2Apt1.Effective_End_Date)>=[Forms]![frm_report_screen]![txt_date_completelist]));
I've already tried to compact/repair the database, and that brings the overall file size down, but really doesn't help these queries at all.
I thought at first, that maybe since I don't need to look at 'all' records, that I could maybe do a prefilter. So I created another query, to get only certain records, and then used that in the first query. But that actually made it even more slow. I guess it's because this new query, still has to look at the main table to start with, so it really just made another step in the process.
Any tips, to help get this to speed up some?
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Mar 15, 2005
Everything (almost) is ready to go live on my database. My problem now is that when I put the DB out on the network, and went to someone elses pc station, to enter data, it saved the changes there at her station but not back out on the network. WHY? Am I missing some setting in my DB somewhere? Please help?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Aug 2, 2005
I have a database built in Office 2000.
The client wants it across a network but insists they do not want it split! They want it in a shared drive which everyone has access to via a shortcut.
The database is secured so I presume the Workgroup file will have to be on each PC and a shortcut to the one database on the server which is in a shared mode. Would the security I have implemented still work or would I have to de-secure so everyone has the same level of access.
They do not have Access on all PC's. IFor this to work I presume Access is needed both on the server and PC's
I understand if I purchase Microsoft Access Developers 2000 it has a feature where I can distribute a database to users without Access? However, am I right in assuming this needs the database to be split.
In the UK are there any suggestions on where I can buy Microsoft Access Developers 2000 ?
Many thanks.
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Aug 3, 2005
We are shortly going to start using tablet PCs over a GPRS bearer circuit for some of our employees to update our core business system from within customers homes. To do this we have purchased a very streamlined version of our core system, designed to work at a reasonable speed even over a normal GSM connection.
The employees that will be using this also use an access database that I've created though. Whilst it isn't crucial that they can use this while they're out and about, it might be useful and it's something I am interested in looking into. In order to make it feasible though, I think I would probably need to dramatically reduce the amount of data transferred between the be and fe due to the high cost of data over GPRS (as well as the speed). So I have a few questions.
1) Am I right in thinking that if I am using ms access as a backend, all the processing is done at the front end? i.e. I run a query on the front end, the whole table is retrieved from the back end and then filtered at the front end?
2) Is there any way to get around this? Or would it require switching the back end to SQL Server or something?
3) Is there any way of measuring how much data (in bytes, kb etc) is being transferred between the front end and back end while running queries, updating records etc.?
I'll probably think of some more questions but this will do for starters. :)
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