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[Joe Stump <joe AT joestump.org>]

> I gather since you are not asking how to connect sqlserver or sybase to 
> unix that you are not doing that since cost is a concern (that is what the 
> tds drivers are for) - postgres and the drivers for it are free.

It was mainly something I wanted to do for the fun of it :) It's something
that I could see someone wanting. I suppose I could do a cronjob but then
there are problems with data being out of sync.

--Joe


> 
> 
> At 03:18 PM 9/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Not really what I was looking for. I was looking to have a UNIX webserver
> >have a Access DB sittin on it with a Samba share so clients on the same 
> >network
> >could use an Access form as a frontend.
> >
> >--Joe
> >
> >On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:57:09PM -0400, Jon Pounder wrote:
> > >
> > > Brian Bruns' other project for reading mdb files is about as close as it
> > > gets, but it is still just a library, not a complete working driver you 
> > can
> > > drop into an application, nor is there any provision for writing to the 
> > files.
> > >
> > > another alternative is the access importing tools some of the databases 
> > offer.
> > >
> > >
> > > At 02:14 PM 9/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Is there a project that would accomplish such a goal?
> > > >
> > > >On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:23:22PM -0400, Jon Pounder wrote:
> > > > > tds has nothing to do with access, it is for sqlserver
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > At 01:34 PM 9/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > > >I'm new to freetds (naturally) and I'm wondering if I could 
> > > > > >possibly
> > > > create
> > > > > >a DB on Windows using MS Access and then copy that file over to a
> > > > Linux box
> > > > > >and have FreeTDS query that file without an Access server anywhere
> > > > near it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >If true just point me towards some documentation por favor :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >--Joe
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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