Okay, if I get a computer science degree and good stuff like that and somehow I end up programming database stuff for a bank, what exactly do I do? Through a series of unfortunate events, I know a guy that used to work at a bank programming databases, but I cant speak to him anymore, and I was thinking that maybe it would be something I''d like to do. The question is: what exactly does a programmer do with a database (like Access) that he has to be there 40-50 hours a week? Looking up things and adding entries and whatnot doesnt seem like something a programmer would do... what kind of functionality does a programmer give a database application that it doesnt already have? Or am I completely off base? Also, I dont know if this is the right forum... if it isnt, I appologize. Thanks.

Well... what I do for 40-50 hours a week is I program applications which manipulate our data in ways that Microsoft Access won't let us or is too inefficient at. For instance, we needed a way to edit a single item very quickly and format all copy about an item in a certain way, so I programmed an application to do that. Then we needed a program to iterate through item data and spit out HTML pages accordingly. But that's not the whole story, I also manage the entire item base and handle adding new items and deleting discontinued ones.

edit: spelling

James Simmons
MindEngine Development
http://medev.sourceforge.net

[edited by - neurokaotix on November 28, 2003 4:03:05 PM]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the information.