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Has anyone converted M$ Access to MySQL?



On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:40:01PM -0000, Bill Horne wrote:

> I'm doing volunteer work at an organization which may 
> choose to convert an existing M$ Access database to 
> open source, such as MySQL or Postgresql.
> 
> If anyone on the list has had experience with such a 
> change, please email me privately to discuss.

Converting the tables shouldn't be too hard.  Providing an interface may
be.  MS Access is comprehensive - it provides form and report tools
which backend databases like PostgreSQL do not.  How will users
interface with the data?

I found a tool called 'gedafe' recently that I've started playing with.
It reads the structure of a PostgreSQL database from the database's
system tables, and automatically generates a web interface to that
database.  Depending on what you'd like to accomplish, it might be worth
looking into.

http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/gedafe/

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