Dinbandhu schrieb: > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 15:14 +0200, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems > Germany wrote: >> Hello Swarup, >> >>> I am trying to "connect to an existing database" using OO 2.3 Base >>> (OS=Linux Ubuntu). The existing database is an MSA database in my >>> windows partition. >> Debian-based distributions contained an experimental Linux-driver for >> .mdb files, but this driver has been removed in their 2.3 version. >> Which, as sorry as this might be, is correct as the driver was pretty >> flawed and effectively a danger to your data. > > But I went through the whole process of learning how to do the import in > OO 2.2. And when in the end there was a problem with the date field and > import wizard, and a few other bugs, then I was recommended on the > [dba-dev] list to upgrade to OO 2.3 where these things have been fixed.
The problem is, that MS doesn't write e.g an ODBC-driver for MS-Access under Linux or anything similar. > > The entire purpose of my being recommended to upgrade to OO 2.3 was for > being able to better import my MSA files. So now if this "experimental > Linux-driver for .mdb files" is no longer there, then how will I do the > import? > > Is there perhaps some better way to do it in 2.3, since this > experimental file has been removed? As I say in the other mail you can migrate your data of the MS-Access tables to free (as in freespeech) database management system like MySQL or Postgresql or Oracle or what you want and what you need. This depends on the requirement of your application. Then you can connect to OpenOffice.org via ODBC or JDBC. This also depends on your requirements. I have done this migration last time and it was a good decision Regards Mechtilde -- Dipl. Ing. Mechtilde Stehmann ## Observer OpenOffice.org: lang/DE ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris ## http://de.openoffice.org ## Meine Seite http://www.mechtilde.de ## PGP encryption welcome! Key-ID: 0x53B3892B --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
