5. Working with Access Databases and Tables
Understanding Access Database Files
Before the arrival of Microsoft Office Access 2007, there was only one extension for Access database files: .mdb. The traditional name for an.mdb file that stores Access application, data objects, or both, has been Access database since Microsoft released Access 1.0 in November 1993. As other database programming tools and technologies, such as Visual Basic and ADO.NET, began using .mdb files, Jet database became the preferred designation for Access files containing only tables and query definitions. Later versions of Access were only one of many Microsoft applications ...
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