[ILUG] Need Access mdb Converted

[Niall O Broin]

On 5 Jun 2005, at 10:34, kae verens wrote:

>> Theres a database utility I would like, but it needs MS stuff.
>> http://mystic-nights.com/poser/downloads/Utilities/Poser-Database/ 
>> index.html
>>
>>
>> I want to use this with FirebirdSQL, or compatible format.
>> Anybody here have MSA 97\2000?
>
> Open Office 2 beta can read .mdb files.
>
> open the application, then tell it to create a new database. follow the
> wizard.
>
> you should be able to export it to something useful then.


I very much doubt that this will produce any useful result. Despite  
Access being called a database, it's really NOT - it's an application  
development tool, which has an integrated database. It has a form  
builder, and a scripting language, and a report generator, and various  
other things.

OO2 may well be able to read .mdb files but I imagine the chances of  
its being able to port an access application, such as this  
poser-database, into its own format with no problems are somewhere  
between slim and very slim.


Niall