workgroup flash drive.

[mothi]

Hi ,

THe user will be running the database off the flash drive. it is secured and the workgroup file is also on the flash drive but i will be hiding it.

It is mandatory that they have to run the database off the stick. they cannot copy DB on the local desktop and run them .

So my question is that the mdw file has to be linked to the database permanently only to that particular database. I do not want to create shortcut because i have to go through the code of finding the executable and flash drive will be assigned different letters.

So i just need the physical database to be linked to the mdw file permanently only to that database file. Because if the user has his own personal database files on his desktop he should not be connected to the mdw file i have on the flash drive. So please help me on this one. i really need your help . Please help me

 

[Galaxiom]

I would not store data in a db running on a flash drive.
Flash drives wear out and constant rewriting will result in a short life and probable data loss.

 

[vbaInet]

I would not store data in a db running on a flash drive.
Flash drives wear out and constant rewriting will result in a short life and probable data loss.

The OP has already been told that in previous posts. Doesn't seem to harken to the wise words.

mothi: Yes that's what your users want, but you as the developer has to tell them what is feasible and what isn't. I believe you've given them the impression that the plan can certainly go ahead without a glitch. You would need to reconsider that and come up with a plan to convince them that this isn't the way forward. If they wanted to work on-the-go then you should be thinking of building a web interface.