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For simple databases, no. I don’t use them, don’t have them, don’t need them. If I needed something like a relationship, joins work.

“Simple” meaning no need to… Well, I write complex single-user databases without relationships. Course, I’m a one-step-at-a-time fellow with no intense complicated data entry work. I keep data clean and if I want an update I write me a query to update.

But, I imagine they make it easier for some people. And for some database designs, I guarantee they are a must.

Just, I haven’t found any use for them in the last 5 years…

What I experienced under Windows 95 and Access 97 was that networked databses started getting corrupt if size exceded 100 megabytes. Maybe due to network limitations of 95 or just our own local network limitations. Splitting the databases into sizes less than 100 megabytes seemed to solve this problem. Maybe you’ve already solved it, but someone else might benefit from this.