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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >      Enough playing in the guts.  Now, I need to figure out which   
   > language or language to use for front-end code.  The system being   
   > planned is for a small company, and the system must be easily   
   > modifiable.   
   >   
   >      What are your suggestions, and how does one get strated with your   
   > suggestions?   
      
   I don't think this is a topic for this forum really. But if you want a   
   heated discussion there are lot of places where you can stick your   
   nose in.   
      
   Personally, it seems to me that the natural choice is .Net. Whether you use   
   C# or VB .Net is secondary choice, although I prefer C# myself.   
      
   You mentioned Access, and all my knowledge about Access are the questions   
   I see from Access programmers in the SQL Server forums. As I understand   
   it, Access is extremely good if you want something up and running quickly.   
   But I wonder whether it is an environment you can grow in? .Net also has a   
   strong point on RAD (Rapid Application Development) features, but it can   
   also be used for big Enterprise multi-tier solutions.   
      
   Then again, you have a background in FoxPro, and one my client has a big   
   SQL Server application where lot of the client code is in FoxPro, even   
   though if they are moving to .Net.   
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
      
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