Re: Database Options - Any other settings I should adjust?

Hi, Andy.

By the way, I am curious as to how you find your business customers for
custom programming work? I would assume that they would be small business,
sole proprietorships, etc.?

I find business customers by word-of-mouth. Do a great job, and the
customer is likely to forget about you as soon as the job is done, because
you did what he expected. Do a great job -- and something spectacular, and
he'll likely remember you next time someone else is in need of your
expertise and will recommend your name. Hand out lots of business cards to
your current customers so that they can hand them out to others when the
need arises.

I would assume that they would be small business, sole proprietorships,
etc.?

Almost never. The small business owners are the ones who need cheap Access
database applications built by competent Access developers the most, but
they're the ones with the least IT knowledge. They haven't got a clue how
to program or design a database application or how much work it involves, so
they hire you to do it for them. You know how to do it. Therefore, it
_must_ be easy, and if it's that easy, it's not worth paying much for. "I
can hire a high school student to do that for cheaper!" Go ahead. He needs
to learn how to do it, so hire him to learn how for you. ;-)

Nearly all of my customers have been large corporations and government
contractors.

HTH.
Gunny

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