I work for a small consulting firm (2ppl) which handles a burdensome amount of documents.  We are at the point of needing to manage all of our client files automatically.  I was toying with the idea of hiring a db developer to create a custom db.  However,  a friend of mine gave me a crash course in access and i picked it up pretty quickly.  I am confident  enough, and think i can develop what i need with the aid of groups such as this, and help from my friend.  Now i have to ask... since i am still green to db development why access... why not my sql, ms sql or oracle?  from what i have read there are security and speed issues.

few specs on my db.

• Two trusted people will have access to the db
  
• this db will not be accessible  to clients
• will manage upwards of 100 reports
• also client billing
• client status

so i guess what i am asking is should i bother to build it in access?  If not, is access similar to my sql or oracle or are they a totally different animal.

 If access is really not that secure... then whats the purpose?

thanks for any feedback.