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Microsoft Access Database
My business partner is able to view and manipulate data within a MS Access Database and I am not able to. Below is a screenshot of what I see (I can't even view a sample). Any and all suggestions to be able to functionally use MS Access within Dropbox would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance to the community.
MAZ86 wrote:
My business partner is able to view and manipulate data within a MS Access Database and I am not able to.
Access database files cannot be opened or edited via the Dropbox website. It's not one of the supported file types that can be previewed. Your partner must be opening the file in Access on his computer, or using some other app that can open Access files.
I also need to caution you about using database files in Dropbox. If a database file is opened by more than one person or on multiple devices simultaneously, data loss or corruption in the database could occur. This is because you're not opening the same database file, but instead you're each opening a COPY of the same file, and as changes are made, Dropbox will sync the changed file back to the cloud, possibly overwriting any other changes being made by another person.
Storing a database in Dropbox is fine, as long as you're absolutely certain that it will only be opened by one person on one device at a time.
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MAZ86 wrote:
My business partner is able to view and manipulate data within a MS Access Database and I am not able to.
Access database files cannot be opened or edited via the Dropbox website. It's not one of the supported file types that can be previewed. Your partner must be opening the file in Access on his computer, or using some other app that can open Access files.
I also need to caution you about using database files in Dropbox. If a database file is opened by more than one person or on multiple devices simultaneously, data loss or corruption in the database could occur. This is because you're not opening the same database file, but instead you're each opening a COPY of the same file, and as changes are made, Dropbox will sync the changed file back to the cloud, possibly overwriting any other changes being made by another person.
Storing a database in Dropbox is fine, as long as you're absolutely certain that it will only be opened by one person on one device at a time.
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