Migrating from Microsoft Access to My.SQLPaul Du. Boispaulkitebird.Document revision 1.Big data and data management white papers DBTA maintains this library of recent whitepapers on big data, business intelligence, and a wideranging number of other.Last update 2. 00.Businesses that use Access eventually begin to struggle against.Now they have an alternative Move data repositories.My. SQL provides the features you need to follow this course.My. SQL. includes a business strength database server that runs under either.Windows, Linux, or Unix.My. SQL features Inno.Advantage And Disadvantage Of Microsoft Access In Database' title='Advantage And Disadvantage Of Microsoft Access In Database' />DB, the table type.By using My. SQL as a data management platform, you can continue.Access as a front end if you wish.But you can also exploit your data in other ways, for example.My. SQL to help you establish or strengthen your web presence.To do this, deploy a web server that handles requests from people.My. SQL using a web programming.A popular combination employs the Apache web server.Perl and PHP programming languages.Perl and PHP both.My. SQL. The following article explores reasons to consider using My.SQL. instead of Access for data management, and provides guidelines.Access and into My.SQL when. youre ready to make the switch.In this article we discuss the types of Database Management Systems.Microsoft Access is a popular data management application that.You can also use Access as a front end, that.In this case, Access.The My. SQL database system is one such storage manager if you.My. SQL ConnectorODBC driver formerly known as My.ODBC. Access can make ODBC connections to My.SQL servers over the network.You can still use the contents of your tables through Access.My. SQL server. Access has its strengths, such as an easy to use interface.Access. also has its limitations its generally used as a personal or.Access is not commonly used for databases hundreds of.Because of its storage management.Access interface.Or you may even be considering a move away from.Access entirely. This article outlines some benefits that you.My. SQL to manage your data, and provides.Access tables. to My.SQL. The final section of the article lists links to locations.Use of My. SQL as a storage manager for Access offers several benefits.One is that you can use your information in additional ways when.Access. Other differences pertain more specifically.Access as the user.Deployment of information.When your information resides.My. SQL, youre free to continue using it from Access if you.Any. kind of My. SQL client can use the information, not just Access.This allows your data to be exploited more fully in more contexts.For example, other people can use the data.My. SQL client programs or from GUI based applications.Your database also becomes more accessible over the Web.Access. now provides some capabilities for making a database available.Web, but if My. SQL manages the database, you have a wider.My. SQL integrates easily with Web servers like.Apache through any of a number of languages, such as Perl, PHP.Python, Java, and Ruby.This allows you to provide a Web interface.In addition. the interface can be accessed by browsers on many types of machines.All of these components can be obtained for free My.SQL, Apache. and the languages just mentioned have been released as Open Source.You can also obtain them in packages that include support.Multiple user access.Although Access provides some data.It has. the feel of a single user data manager designed for local use.My. SQL, on the other hand, easily handles many simultaneous users.It was designed from the ground up to run in a networked environment.Management of large databases.My. SQL can manage hundreds.Care to try that with Access Security.When Access tables are stored locally, anyone.Windows machine, launch Access, and gain access.Its possible to assign a database a password.When your tables are.My. SQL, the My. SQL server manages security.Anyone attempting.My. SQL. Backup management.If you work in an organization that.Access users, migrating data to My.SQL provides a. benefit for backups and data integrity.With Access databases.My. SQL, theyre all backed up using the regular.My. SQL backup procedures that already exist at your site.If individual. Access users each store their data locally, backup can be more.While some sites.Local disk storage requirements.Local Access database.My. SQL server where.This results in reduced local disk usage.And. should you wish to distribute a database, less information need.Of course, anyone you distribute the database to also.My. SQL server. Cost.My. SQL can be obtained for free.Access cannot. Providing.Web interface. can reduce your dependence on proprietary software and lower your.Hardware choices.My. SQL runs on several platforms Access.If you want to use Access, your.Should you wish to migrate from Access to My.SQL, you can do so.Its not without reason that Access.If youre such a user, you can continue to use the.Transfer locally stored Access.My. SQL, then set up links in the Access database that.My. SQL server. This way you continue.Access interface the tool with.My. SQL for data storage, management, and security.If youre less tied to the user interface, you can migrate completely.Access. Transfer your Access tables to My.SQL, then use. your information with tools intended for working with My.SQL. In general, to migrate information from Access to My.SQL, you first. copy the contents of your tables from an Access database to the.My. SQL server. To perform the operation of transferring the tables.My. SQL, you can choose from several methods, described below.If you plan to continue using Access for the interface to your.Delete the tables stored in your Access database.ODBC connection from Access to the My.SQL server. and recreate the tables as links to the My.SQL tables. Naturally.If you dont plan to continue.Access, you need not create any links.Some transfer methods require making an ODBC connection to the.My. SQL server. For this you can use My.SQL ConnectorODBC, the My.SQL specific. One approach to migrating data from Access to My.SQL is to use. the export feature provided by Access itself to write out the.Each file then can be loaded.My. SQL using a LOADDATA statement or the.Suppose you export a.CSV. comma separated values format, and you want to import it into.My. SQL database named mydb.You can invoke the mysql program, then issue a LOADDATA statement to import the file like this.C mysql mydb. LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE mytable.INTO TABLE mytable.FIELDS TERMINATED BY, ENCLOSED BY.LINES TERMINATED BY rn.Alternatively, use mysqlimport from the command line type.C mysqlimport local fields terminated by, fields enclosed by lines terminated byrnmydb mytable.If you need to provide connection parameters such as the hostname.C mysqlimport local fields terminated by, fields enclosed by lines terminated byrn h somehost p u someusermydb mytable.The advantage of this approach is that it requires no special.It can be used to produce data files even on.My. SQL support. If you dont have the My.SQL. client programs installed on your Access machine, create the data.My. SQL programs.My. SQL from there.The disadvantage.My. SQL tables must already exist before you can load.CREATETABLE statements yourself.For the example just shown.LOADDATA or mysqlimport.A second approach to data transfer is to use a converter that.Access table and produces from it one or more files containing.SQL statements that create the table for you and load data into.Then you execute the intermediate SQL file or files using.Several free converters that work like.Access. module exportsql.Works with Access.Access. 97, Access.Exports all tables.DROPTABLE. statements in case you want to remove My.SQL tables created during.CREATETABLE and INSERT statements.The files are written to.C TEMP directory. How To Run Microsoft Defrag Program . Exports all tables in a database into a file C TEMPmysqldump.DROPTABLE, CREATETABLE.INSERT statements to drop any existing My.SQL tables. and recreate them.Less sophisticated than exportsql.Access. 97 only. Exports selected tables to files in a directory.Writes a data file for each selected table.SQL script containing CREATETABLE.LOADDATA. statements for importing the data files into them.Near the beginning of the source code for each of these converters.SQL and data files are converter specific.Also, be sure to note any prerequisites that must be satisfied.These include the following.Both exportsql. txt and accesstomysql.C TEMP directory, so you must create.C mkdir C TEMP. Alternatively, you can modify the module source so that it writes.
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