Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access 2002 Desktop Development

Chapter 20. Developing Multiuser and Enterprise Applications

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• Designing Your Application with Multiuser Issues in Mind 840

• Understanding Access’s Locking Mechanisms 845

• Deciding Whether to Use the Client/Server Model 847

• The Roles Access Plays in the Application Design Model 852

• Upsizing: What to Worry About 857

• Proactively Preparing for Upsizing 860

• Understanding the Benefits of Transaction Processing 862

• Modifying the Default Behavior of Transaction Processing 863

• Understanding When Replication Isn’t Appropriate 869

• Understanding the Implementation of Replication 869

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Why This Chapter Is Important

Many people forge right into the application development process with little worry about the scalability of ...