Hello Olaf, you have to usein win7 or win8 the 32-bit odbc manager(c:\windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe)
1. install the Firebird obc driver, you find it on the Firebird webpage 2. use the Odbcad32.exe to make a System-DSN entry for your firebird database 3. in Access you can then connect to this database best regards Gerhard Am 11.02.2013 12:46, schrieb Olaf Kluge: > > Hi, > > …………………….. > > Hello all, > I had previously posted about ODBC drivers, but I didn't understand how to > solve the problem, so trying it again. > > I have Windows 7 64 bit, MS Office 32 bit version installed on 64 bit > machine. I want to data from a database with extension .gdb into to MS > Access. > > I am told I will need ODBC driver for this. > I am unsure which driver should I download, how to install it and then how > to import the data. > > I don't know anything about databases and other complexities, so I will > greatly appreciate simple steps to get this done. > > regards, > Himanshu Bahirat > > ………………….. > > I try to help you. > > You can download and install the 32Bit ODBC Driver from firebirdsql.org. > After this, you should create a system dsn, please run > C:\Windows\SysWoW64\odbcad32.exe (for 32 Bit, the 64Bit located in the > control panel does not work für 32 Bit Access. Set a name for your > connection and fill in all fields on the configuration page. You > should use > the fdb extension for your firebird database. > > Than you can link the tables in msacces after select the system dsn. For > running stored procedures directly in ms access you can use a adodb > connection. You can also import the data, but in this case the data > are not > linked, but fix imported. > > Good look. > > Best regards. > > Olaf > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
