# Access or MySQL

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-or-mysql/162970>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 18, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-or-mysql/162970 "2005-09-18T08:55:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blackspirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@Blackspirit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Blackspirit)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-or-mysql/162970/1 "2005-09-18T08:55:18Z")

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Hi guys,

I’m creating a website soon with flash with a CMS.

My client is used to using ms access, and sometimes she’d like to have direct access to the database to view data and make reports etc.

So should I stick with access? How do you view, create reports etc with MySQL?

I’ve heard access is pretty poor and MySQL is a lot more robust, especially for a website database.

And is there anywhere where I can find about about the costs involved against running the two?

Cheers guys…