If i understand correctly only the windows version of OpenOffice.org reads and writes to Access databases. Therefore i would recommend installing OO.o on your win98 box to make the conversion. Once converted your linux install should be able to work on the new DB without issue.
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:29:37 +0200 john d. herron wrote: > Kubuntu 6.06 LTS / OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 is my current environment. > I have a few tables in a MS Access database under Win98SE that I've > been unsuccessfully trying - in several ways - to convert to a native > Base (HSQL) structure. Why? Because it's the last thing that keeps me > from saying "goodbye" to Windows altogether. > The tables are relatively small: the largest is about 1,000 records x > 22 fields in size. The DB serves as a base for customer, billing and > collections management in a small business. > I've tried - among other things - to follow Solveig Haugland's > suggested methods for creation from scratch or import into Base > outlined > in_http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci > 1148271,00.html_ (parts 1 and 2) and > _http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1222186 > ,00.html_, respectively. > -- Michael Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
