[ale] Microsoft Access Database - PHP on Linux

[Greg]

Yes Yes Yes Yes.  I just converted a MS Access DB to PostgreSQL.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Glass
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:17 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Microsoft Access Database - PHP on Linux
> 
> 
> Anyone have any experience getting access (no pun) to Microsoft Access
> databases from Linux/Apache/PHP?  I looked at unixODBC, but it requires
> another product from easysoft, and basically a dedicated machine to
> "server" the ODBC connection.  I'm trying REALLY hard to avoid
> installing a M$ Server, so any thoughts are appreciated.
> 
> Anyone ever moved the backend of a complicated Access DB to something
> like Postgre or MySQL?  Since the DB is simple tables, and all the work
> is in the reports and forms, I THINK I should be able to move the actual
> data into Postgres or MySQL, and setup the ODBC links on the win2k
> clients to point to the appropriate server/database combo.
> Unfortunately, that entails installing and configuring ODBC drivers on
> 25 machines...
> 
> Any thoughts/comments/gotchas are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
> Jonathan Glass
> Systems Support Specialist II
> Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> 404.385.0127
> 
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