Hi!

Yes, it's possible. Export your Access data to standard csv files, and then
use mysqlimport with appropriate parameters to import the csvs into MySQL.
The MySQL manual has excellent guidance on using mysqlimport or LOAD DATA
INFILE statements (which can do the same as mysqlimport).

Iikka

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Steve Jackson wrote:

> Is it possible to export data from MS Access into MySQL?
> If so how?
> I have a huge amount of data that will take weeks to input and I've
> convinced my boss to use MySQL rather than any other DB because of it's
> compatibility with PHP. However I (probably hastily) *assumed* that
> there would be a way to export the data.
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve Jackson
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