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Questionhow the oracle packages are implemeted in the sql server Pin
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QuestionSimultaneous access to MS Access Pin
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Few thoughts:

Member 3822922 wrote:
I could have the application spawn a thread, which would kickoff a timer


This should work fine. I've used similar technique earlier with no problems.

Member 3822922 wrote:
I could also maybe write a service that would run on the server with the database


This is a slightly modifed version from the previous and in my opinion it would add components and logic to your application. Unless the refreshing is time critical, I doubt if this version is worth the effort.

Member 3822922 wrote:
I think there also might be some broadcast function/message that I can use


This is beyond my knowledge, but I have a feeling that this also could cause (much) work, so is it worth it.


Don't know if you've made the final decision for the products to use, but have you considered using SQL Server. I admit that it would cause a little more work when building the environment, but also it has some benefits compared to Access, like:
- true database engine so you would have much more options in implementation
- better backup mechanisms (online backups, log backups if needed etc)
- much better performance
- far better concurrency etc.

What comes to the options, for example one thing is that .Net Framework has SqlDependency[^] class which can be used to receive notification when the data changes. This would eliminate the need for timer based polling.

Since I don't know anymore about the program I'm not able to give more examples but I'm quite confident that productivity would be greater when using SQL Server since .Net Framework has large amount of specialized classes for use with SQL Server. As far as I can see there's nothing similar against Access so you would have to use basic ODBC, as you mentioned.

The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]

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