title: Any tips on getting Rails to run with an Access back-end?
body: <p>I shudder to ask, but my client might offer no other SQL (or SQL-like) solution.  I know Access has some SQL hooks; are they enough for basic ActiveRecord?</p>
  
  <p><em>Later:</em></p>
  
  <p>I appreciate all the suggestions to use other databases, but trust me: I've tried convincing them.  There is an "approved" list, and no SQL databases are on it.  Getting something onto the list could take more than a year, and this project will be done in three weeks.</p>