Re: need database suggestion for *.mdb files

2003-03-04 Thread Clement Laforet
On 04 Mar 2003 09:30:16 -0600
Kirk R. Wythers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I just received an attachment that was saved as an Access db. Can anyone
 suggest an application to deal with this file. I'm not familiar enough
 with freebsd's database options to know if any of them read .mdb files. 

/usr/ports/databases/mdbtools/

clem

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Re: need database suggestion for *.mdb files

2003-03-04 Thread John Bleichert
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Clement Laforet wrote:
 Subject: Re: need database suggestion for *.mdb files
 
 On 04 Mar 2003 09:30:16 -0600
 Kirk R. Wythers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  I just received an attachment that was saved as an Access db. Can anyone
  suggest an application to deal with this file. I'm not familiar enough
  with freebsd's database options to know if any of them read .mdb files. 
 
 /usr/ports/databases/mdbtools/
 
 clem
 

Last time I had to deal with this issue, I opened them in Access and 
exported the mdb files as flat comma-delimited text, then massaged them 
into appropriate SQL (for Postgres) with Perl. Of course, that was back 
when I had access to a Windows box on co-op :) Now I'd have to seek other 
means... 

Just a thought.

JB

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