[TriLUG] Re: app for opening access db

[Jon Carnes]

If the connection is via ODBC then the backend really doesn't need to be
an Access database.

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 12:39, Chris Bullock wrote:
> The database is within an app that is a must.  The application looks for 
> the dbname.mdb.  I would love to be able to switch to mySQL but this is 
> one of our key applications and there are no alternatives, I must add 
> that this one file causes 99% of the application crashes.  It does 
> connect via ODBC 'I think'.  So basically, I need to edit the db and 
> then save it back into mdb format.
> 
> James Manning wrote:
> 
> >>I need an application that will open and edit an access database.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >how directly?  ODBC (and JDBC through the JDBC-ODBC bridge) should
> >give access (hah!) to lots of apps.
> >  
> >
>