Re: [INTERFACES] Replication between MS Access and PostgreSQL

You can export the MS Access tables to Postgres as long as the ODBS.exe has been run and set up from the
control panel "32 ODBC" configuration panels that are loaded from the .exe. You will need the Host name,
database name, User and Password, and use the default PostgreSQL Postmaster port number. The Postmaster
has to be running with the database allocated but the table must not already exit. Then do the following:

1) File select "Export as"
2) To an External File or Database
3) Change the "Save as type" to ODBC Databases()
4) Verify the name (all lower case) and click OK
5) Select "DSN Name" to be "MS Access 97 Databases (not sharable).dsn"
6) Click OK

All table names and column names must be lower case (at least for PostgreSQL 6.5.2 running on Solaris).

Cheers,

Allan

Nicolas Huillard wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Are there any tools on earth that allow replication between an Access database and a PostgreSQL server ?
> I think about things like :
> * standalone Windows app that have two ODBC connections and replicate data between the two,
> * VBA modules to insert in the Access database,
> * other stuff,
> I don't necessarily need a true replication. If there are a few impossible things, I could still be OK.
>
> TIA,
>
> Nicolas Huillard
> G.H.S
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