Ok new development I found the perfect tool that does
almost everything for you.  check out
http://www.mysqlfront.de a very nice MySQL front end I
might add ;)

JC




--- JC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems as though I have found kind of an answer to
> this problem. “ISS ODBC LOGGING”  
> Here is a synopsis of the situation: I want ISS
> Internet Scanner version 6.21.2001.320 to log to a
> MySQL server. I have a ODBC connection to this MySQL
> server that I have setup and I have verified that it
> works. 
> When I launch ISS click on Tools > Database
> Administration > New DSN >  Then either select and
> existing ODBC data source only shows the .mdb data
> source files not the MySQL one. If you do a create
> new
> data source I don't have the opportunity to specify
> the login, password, database, hostname, port # in
> which to use to configure ISS to use MySQL.  
> 
> I stopped looking around the iss.net site, and
> started
> to look for a solution that would allow me to go
> from
> Access to MySQL. I found out that you can do this
> from
> within Access, but you have to do this table by
> table.
> Click on the table that you want to export and then
> click File > export from the export window scroll to
> the bottom of the list and select ODBC data another
> window will pop up that will ask you the table in
> which you want to export to, then click on the user
> or
> system DSN that you created and click ok. This will
> export the table to the database that you setup in
> the
> ODBC properties. Do note however that I have found
> this to be a one-way street if the table is already
> defined the export fails, so if the table has not
> been
> defined then it will create the table for you 
> 
> I hope that this little tid bit will possibly help
> any
> of you wishing to accomplish something similar. 
> 
> JC
>  
> --- William Holmberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Interesting! I'll pass this on to our guy and see
> if
> > he has more for
> > you, but it sounds like you found a "soft spot"...
> > Best of Luck,
> > Bill
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:44 PM
> > To: William Holmberg;
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: ODBC logging via ISS Internet Scanner
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Again,
> > 
> > Thanks for the info, but I already did that. I
> have
> > a
> > DSN called mysql that points to my linux mysql
> > server.
> > I have a perl script that I wrote that I've used
> to
> > verify that the DSN is working and I do have
> access
> > and sufficient rights to do insert,select and the
> > like. 
> > 
> > I am using ISS Internet Scanner 6.21.2001.320.
> When
> > I
> > launch ISS click on Tools > Database
> Administration
> > >
> > New DSN >  Then either select and existing ODBC
> data
> > source only shows the .mdb data source files not
> the
> > MySQL one. If you do a create new datasource I
> don't
> > have the opportunity to specify the login,
> password,
> > database, hostname, port # in which to use to
> > configure ISS to use MySQL.  
> > 
> > I want to log to a single MySQL server through an
> > ODBC
> > connection that I have already established and
> > verified that works. I understand that I may be
> > required to duplicate the schema on the MySQL
> server
> > I
> > have no problem with that. I'm not looking for a
> > product that has all of these fancy bells and
> > whistles
> > that my company would have to pay for. 
> > 
> > There was a mention of a utility that can output
> to
> > a
> > .csv file where I would need to do a bulk copy
> into
> > MySQL that's fine too. Since I don't have the
> > installation CD I've looked for db2u and I didn't
> > find
> > it on the local system or on the web (google
> wasn't
> > good to me this time). 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks again 
> > 
> > JC 
> > 
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