From: news at dorb.com (Darrell)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:02:25 -0400
Subject: Read MS Access 97 *.mdb files with python??
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I'm no expert but...
Put some data base package on your Linux machine that supports ODBC. I would
think that with lots of luck Access running on the Win boxes could connect
to it.

--Darrell


gemodek <gemodek at t-online.de> wrote in message
news:3728B7DF.80E23481 at t-online.de...
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
> >
> > Christian Tismer wrote:
> > >
> > > gemodek wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Does somebody know some
> > > > piece of soft which can this??
> > >
> ...
> ...
> >
> > Unfortunately, all this advice may be useless, as I noticed that he's
> > the same guy who asked about accessing an Access database on Linux. I
> > know Linux can do ODBC, but I doubt there are Access drivers for ODBC on
> > linux..
> >
>
> First: Thanks for the fast response :-)
>
> But,.. yes I am the guy who asked about accessing Access database on
> Linux.
> My idea is the following:
> At my company we are running 4 Win95 PC's on a network which works
> sometimes
> and crash sometimes (some days no reboot, some days 5-10 times).
> Now I am tired of the whole Win stuff, and I will install an Linux
> Server
> with Samba. (OK, the clients are still Win95, but at least the server is
> linux).
> We use also a software which is based on Access. The whole database (mdb
> files) will reside on the Linux server.
> So far so good.
> But now, I want to extract some information out of the access database
> to
> create html files which everybody in our company is alowed to view.
> And for this I need "access to Access".
>
> Thats the whole story. I'm searching also for a format description
> of access, but I did not find anything (up to now!).
>
> bye
>
>   Stephan






