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Tool for Converting Access to MySQL
 
For years database writing in the Microsoft world has been PC based and carried out via products such as Microsoft Access.
Web designers have been restricted to web servers that can cope with Microsoft products such as FrontPage utilising Access on NT web servers
With the advent of Linux and Unix based web servers it has been difficult to protect the skills investment made in Microsoft products and still take advantage of the Linux web servers
Access to MySQL goes some way to protecting the investment whilst at the same time being able to use databases that work in the Linux environment such as MySQL.
This product enables the developer to manage the MySQL environment,  convert Access tables to MySQL tables and Insert Access data into MySQL tables from the control of Access itself in the Microsoft Windows environment
In conjunction with products such as Chili!Soft ASP, it is possible to use the same features in the Linux environment as were used in the Microsoft environment
Convert Access tables and manage the MySQL environment from the same desktop with two windows available on the PC.
Features
  • All MS Access data types and attributes are supported
  • Works with all versions of Unix and Windows MySQL servers
  • Converts indexes with all necessary attributes
  • VServer user's option (see below)
  • Converts password protected MS Access databases
  • Exports MS Access databases into a dump file (see below)
  • Easy-to-use wizard-style interface
  • Full install/uninstall support

Limitations

  • Converts MS Access tables only (forms, queries, reports are not supported)
  • Does not convert system (hidden) tables
  • Does not convert relationships between tables

Requirements

  • Windows 95 or later or Windows NT 3.51 or later
  • Microsoft Access (ODBC is not required)
  • At least 32 MB of available memory

VServer user's option

If you are using Virtual Server hosting you probably have no sufficient privileges to create new databases on the target MySQL server. For this case we recommend the following approach:

  1. ask your Virtual Server administrator to create blank database for you
  2. run Access-to-MySQL and select this database as the conversion target
  3. click "Yes" when you will be asked if you'd like to overwrite existing MySQL database

When you complete these steps, the entire contents of the source MS Access database will be imported into the specified MySQL database.

MySQL dump file

Access-to-MySQL allows users to perform deferred conversion and get more control over the process. Following this way, the program stores the contents of the source database into a local dump file instead of moving it to MySQL server directly. The resulting file contains MySQL statements to create all tables and to fill them with the data. You will be able to import this file into existing MySQL database via MySQL client as follows:

mysql.exe --host=... --user=... --password=... -vvf {MySQL database name} < {dump file name}
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