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JET's days are long gone. The SQL Server Desktop engine is the underpinning for Access now. It essentially _is_ SQL Server. The biggest limitation? The concurrent transaction count is limited to 5. There are others, but it is a far, far cry from that prone to corrupt, slow beast JET.


Actually, in the latest Office 2012, Access apps are now three tier apps with SQL Server 2012 or SQL Azure backends.


Point of clarification, concurrent transaction count is limited to 255. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/access-2010-sp...


JET isn't all that bad. It can be used to run SQL queries CSV files. As an ETL tool it's pretty flexible.


It's amazing how much things change when you're not paying attention. Thanks for explaining this.




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