FreeTDS Development Group

["Ian Harding" <ianh AT tpchd.org>]

There is unixodbc and the proprietary odbc-odbc bridge which requires a 
'server' on a windows box, then the unix machine can talk to any odbc 
compliant data sources that are configured on the windows box.  It is a 
kludge but it works.  Directly accessing an Access database from a 
non-microsoft OS is a non-starter.

Alternatively, Access 2000 can use MSDE for its data engine, which is TDS 
accessible.  "Upsizing" from Access to MSDE / SQL Server is easy with a 
"wizard".  Even if you have Access 97, you can get the MSDE engine for free 
(with purchase of Visual Studio... or from someone who has it and reads the 
license liberally) and then use ODBS from the (I assume) existing Access app.

Ian A. Harding
Programmer/Analyst II
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
(253) 798-3549
mailto: ianh AT tpchd.org

>>> joe AT joestump.org 09/28/01 01:30PM >>>
> 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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