There are many tools in the contributions section to manipulate a mysql database without the need to resort to Access and odbc. What do you need to do?
Pat... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:42 AM Subject: msaccess frontend > Have anybody ever set up MS Access as a frontend to mysql? > > the dB is an already established mysql db running on linux > I don't want to convert it, just use access to get to it. > > I have followed the recipe at > http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/mysql-access.html > > I can see the tables so I know I'm connecting and the linkage > is working. I understand that access has issues with > enums, so I made a really simple test table with just an auto_inc > key and a VARCHAR. When I double click that table icon > (it's a globe icon) I get Reserve Error -1104. > > Would it be better to just redo all the tables from access > in the first place? This database isn't huge. Thanks... > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
