Possibly a daft question - unfortunately I cannot check (whilst at work) 

due to not having the option to split databases on the installation of 

Access I have at work. 

I want to be able to split a database and put the back-end on the web and 

then users would access it using the front-end rather than a browser or 

using asp. I have no problem splitting and redirecting the split, though I 

cannot try it, just need to find out if it will accept a web address 

rather than the usual mapped drive location?

That would be cool--but AFAIK, it's not possible.  You can link tables using

UNC's (e.g., \\ServerName\ShareName) but your back-end has got to be on a

lan-accessible share.  Your options for getting this sort of functionality

include Data Access Pages, or Active Server Pages--neither of which are

especially tempting, if you've already put a lot of trouble into coming up

with an Access-based UI...



HTH,



-Roy



-----Original Message-----

From: leehambly@y... [mailto:leehambly@y...]

Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:22 AM

To: Access

Subject: [access] Database splitting over the web





Possibly a daft question - unfortunately I cannot check (whilst at work) 

due to not having the option to split databases on the installation of 

Access I have at work. 

I want to be able to split a database and put the back-end on the web and 

then users would access it using the front-end rather than a browser or 

using asp. I have no problem splitting and redirecting the split, though I 

cannot try it, just need to find out if it will accept a web address 

rather than the usual mapped drive location?