Because there’s no database involved, a flat-file CMS is supremely easy to deploy and super lightweight in terms of size. Some flat-file CMS even run on as little as five core files.

Learn More. Just about every enterprise in the world makes use of a database, whether it’s a parallel, distributed, flat file, document-oriented, operational, embedded or graph database.

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We have multiple users accessing a flat file database -- specifically an Access 97 database.<BR><BR>We've got a few problems with it:<BR>An Access 97 user and an Access 2000 user can access it at ...

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