What does "JET" stand for, if anything?

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JET stands for "Joint Engine Technology".

according to WIKI

BTW this should probably be posted in chit chat.

Thanks.
BTW by "JET" I mean the Microsoft Access Jet engine
not the airplane.

Nope. He's right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_(database)

is for MS Jet

Dg, your link is the same as SM's ;)

Oops. I searched a dozen other sites, and couldn't find anything to prove him wrong, and then found a link to the WIKI site. I assumed because I found MS Jet that there was another one. :)

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Originally Posted by DaveBo

Thanks.
BTW by "JET" I mean the Microsoft Access Jet engine
not the airplane.

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Who said anything about airplanes??

JET actually referrs to "JET Red" which is the version of JET found in Access.

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Originally Posted by MSDN

Notes
The Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) was formerly known as JET Blue, and so frequently the term "JET Blue" or "JET" is used interchangeably with ESE. However, there are in fact two completely separate implementations of the Joint Engine Technology (JET) API, called JET Blue and JET Red. The term "JET" is frequently also used to refer to JET Red, which is the database engine under Microsoft Office Access. The two JET implementations are completely different, are separately maintained, have a vastly different feature set, and are not interchangeable. Within the Extensible Storage Engine documentation, "JET" refers to the Extensible Storage Engine or the JET API (as ESE implements it). Any references to the JET Red, will always explicitly be labeled "JET Red".

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I think it should help. ;)

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Originally Posted by space_monkey

Who said anything about airplanes??

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DaveBo did in post #3. ;) So it would be JET Red we are talking about here.

This may be best in the General Developer forum and not CC. :)

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Originally Posted by space_monkey

Who said anything about airplanes??

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Sorry, when you mentioned ChitChat I just assumed you misunderstood I was talking databases. Unfortunately, I didn't follow the link you provided or I would have known better.

Thanks. Can I go home now?

Not without a note pinned to your shirt for your parents to read. :D ;)
I would have never knew that there were 2 different JETs. Maybe the Airline - "JET Blue" is actually a undercover MS subsiderary. :lol:

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

DaveBo did in post #3. ;)

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??? I quoted that when i posted? I was curious why he thought i was talking about airplanes.

:)

Yes, after rereading I see what you mean and after DaveBo posted I see what he meant too. :D

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