mysql and access

[John Abreau]

I've googled this in the past, and I found several HOWTOs that
appeared to indicate that it's fairly straightforward. I never got around
to trying it, though.



On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Stephen Adler <adler-wRvlPVLobi1/31tCrMuHxg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I believe the answer to my question is yes, but hearing it from one of
> you guys will give me the warm fuzzies... At work, one of the people
> here setup an MS access database application which is quickly turning
> into a nightmare because it does not use a real database as a back end.
> So I'm thinking that perhaps I can help them by setting up some tables
> in my mysql database server I have running which would ease up the data
> entry problems they are having. So the question is, is it feasible to
> have a mysql database running on Linux be used as the back end to a MS
> access database application running on windows? If it is, any gottachas
> that one needs to be careful of?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve.
>
>
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