Andy Burns wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:

If you look at the Express
editions of VS you will find out that they are designed to make database
programming difficult.

I wouldn't put it that strongly, ok so the VSE webdev can't create
databases

Even that's not true, depends whether you prefer database first (in
which case you can't use VSE to create the database) or to write code
first (in which case VSE will create a SQL schema from your object
model, but there's the disadvantage that if you want to change the
schema it will drop and re-create everything rather than import
incremental schema changes if you make them in the database).

Anyway, enough MS advert from me, but VSWD(E) is a decent alternative to
writing and distributing an access app if you vaguely know what you're
doing.