you could install MyODBC to write the tables directly from MS A. to MySQL via ODBC.
Works ok and did a good job for me. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mertens Bram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mysql mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:17 PM Subject: convert ms access mdb file to file that can be imported in mysql > Hi, > > I've looked through the archives of this list but all methods of porting > a ms access db to mysql seem to require installing additional software > under Windows. > > Is there a tool available that converts an existing ms access db-file > (*.mdb) into something that can be imported into mysql? > > I don't care about synchronising the two databases, running queries from > different platforms, converting forms and/or queries. All I would like > to extract the data from the .mdb file and store it in a mysql table. > Preferably without having to install MS Access first. > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #249103 # > # Red Hat Linux 7.3 KDE 3.0.0-10 kernel 2.4.18-3 i686 128MB RAM # > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
