Access

Microsoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. It is supported by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and allows developers to develop application software.

History

Access originated from Project Cirrus of Microsoft during late 1980s. The project aimed to create an application on Windows that can compete with Paradox or dBase. It used some code from both the Omega project and a pre-release version of Visual Basic. In July 1992, betas of Cirrus was released as a product and Access became its official name.

Checkpoints

Non-Blocking

Logging

Not Supported

Indexes

B+Tree

Foreign Keys

Supported

Query Interface

Custom API

Access has a query interface, forms to display and enter data, and reports for printing.

Data Model

Relational

Access tables support a variety of standard field types, indices, and referential integrity including cascading updates and deletes.

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Website

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access

Developer

Microsoft

Country of Origin

US

Start Year

1992

Acquired By

Microsoft

Project Type

Commercial

Operating Systems

Windows

Licenses

Proprietary

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Access

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