https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:30:09 +0000 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:15:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=19516 https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ https://forums.webwiz.net/backup_topic19516_post105539.html#105539 Author: dpyers
Subject: 19516
Posted: 26 April 2006 at 12:15am

lock the forum before you do a backup.]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:15:06 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/backup_topic19516_post105539.html#105539 https://forums.webwiz.net/backup_topic19516_post105422.html#105422 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19516
Posted: 24 April 2006 at 5:20pm

My only advice is DON'T use Access for large forums!!!

Access is a flat office file and storing a forum in an Access database is like storing the forums data in a large text file, and as you can imagine with lots and reads and writes going on this giant text file often becomes corrupted.

I would only recommend using Access as a database backend for a forum if you are only expecting a handful of users only posting a very limited number of posts and you have no other choice.

What you really need is a real Database Management System like mySQL or SQL Server as the backend for the forum.

I would prefer to drop the Access version altogether of web wiz forums, but the only reason I kept it on is as an introduction to forums for novice users, but if you get serious about running a forum then you NEED to look at using mySQL or SQL Server as the backend.
]]> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:20:37 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/backup_topic19516_post105422.html#105422 https://forums.webwiz.net/backup_topic19516_post105396.html#105396 Author: kegan5
Subject: 19516
Posted: 24 April 2006 at 12:53pm

Large Access Database needs backing up.

Last time this was done a number of errors suddenly appeared which stopped login being available for a while, as well as it saying the location of the database was wrong...which it wasnt because nothing was changed or moved.

Is there an ideal way to do an access database backup?


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