Don't know about using the access file but here are some URL's that can
help you move it to MySQL quickly and easily and can let you access the
data in OpenOffice.
http://www.convert-in.com/acc2sqlp.htm
http://old.linuxworld.com.au/article.php3?aid=341&tid=1
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/TSG/manuals/databases/mysql/odbc.html
http://www.phphelp.com/article/4p1.php
Cheers,
Davidm
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 08:34, devin rankin wrote:
> I am still trying to leave Windows behind me. I have moved much of my
> life to my Red Hat 9 box and learning how to get stuff done without the
> great Satin Microsoft.
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> But, I have a database in Access 97 that I would really like to continue
> to use. It has my past history of clients and I really like the way it
> is set up. I'm not looking forward to learning something else to
> re-write it right now. So my question is, is there something out there
> that can open and use an Access database? There does not seem to be
> anything in Open Office that does that. Where might I look?
>
> Devin
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