[Gllug] Access Database to MySQL / PostreSQL

Xander D Harkness xander at harkness.co.uk
Thu Jun 12 16:25:44 UTC 2003


Jason Clifford wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have a few Access databases that are used to run a company's 
>>information flow.  (The whole company depends upon them)
>>
>>These databases are the last item preventing a move for 200 desktops 
>>from Windows to Linux.
>>
>>If I could migrate the data to an FLOSS database with a web front end it 
>>would make life much easier.
> 
> 
> There are scripts/tools freely available to convert databases from Access 
> to MySQL and PgSQL.
> 
> The only thing to check first is the database design as not all field 
> types are supported in the same manner.
> 
> Freshmeat should yield the appropriate tools or a Google search.
> 
Wow, I thought it was going to be the equivalent of having an arm 
chopped off.

While I know of the tools there are few details of how successfully they 
work.

Following which I guess it is just a metter of sticking a web front end 
on it :-)

Kind regards
Xander



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