Our Microsoft Access database is growing rapidly and getting harder to share effectively. Our IT team said we can use table space in a central MySQL-DB database. Can we still use Access at the desktop ...

Even something as simple as adding fields to tables can be challenging for Access users, since DBACentral uses naming conventions like Domain, Dimension and Key sub-parts, which are part of MySQL.

It's no secret that even though MySQL has been a Microsoft partner, it also is a Microsoft competitor. And ever since Oracle made overtures to buy Sun and (get MySQL in the process), Microsoft's been ...