I want to share ms access database with my application on network

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Hello Guys, Today i have a question that is i have done my application now my clients requirement is that they wanna put database on one location(area) and connect this db to another location.Actually my clients have 3 branches of restaurant they want to use single db in every branches how can i share it is it possible if possible so may i need live ip or it's can work with normal ip address please guys give me your advicee is it possible or not.
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Hello Guys, Today i have a question that is i have done my application now my clients requirement is that they wanna put database on one location(area) and connect this db to another location.Actually my clients have 3 branches of restaurant they want to use single db in every branches how can  i share it is it possible if possible so may i need live ip or it's can work with normal ip address please guys give me your advicee is it possible or not.
Thanks

Posted 6-Jul-17 15:53pm

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Updated 6-Jul-17 16:23pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2017-07-06T16:23:00

Access if a file-based desktop database. It's not really designed for a multi-user environment, especially like you're describing with multiple sites.

In order that this to work, you have to have a file server at one site and each site would have to have good quality and high-speed network connections between sites. The server would have to have a network share setup (shared folder) to host the database in. You're applications connection string (on every workstation) would have to be modified to point to the database file on the network share.

A better solution would be to setup a SQL Server, move the data to that, and modify your application to use Sql Server data objects instead of OleDb. This works over TCP/IP without needing file shares, better security, and much better performance. It also doesn't need the bandwidth between sites that Access needs.