best way of importing data into mysql

Question

i have a table with 500,000 rows and about 10 columns that is in access

how do i import it into mysql?

Answer 1

Here's a writeup on the subject.

http://www.kitebird.com/articles/access-migrate.html

This outlines 3 strategies to accomplish your task of migrating to MySQL

• Telling Microsoft Access to Export Its Own Tables
• Converters That Generate Intermediate Files (i.e. CSV)
• Converters That Perform Direct Data Transfer

Also, some Forum Discussion on the issue.

And finally, software exists (Access MySQL Import, Export & Convert) that might do the trick also. Note: I've never used this so I really don't know how good it works, I just added it for completeness.

As you can see, there are several ways to accomplish this, I recommend checking out each one and choosing the one that works best for you.

Answer 2

See:

Access2MySQL

Answer 3

Access to MySQL is a small program that will convert Microsoft Access Databases to MySQL

@Wizard interface.

@Transfer data directly from one server to another.

@Create a dump file.

@Select tables to transfer.

@Select fields to transfer.

@Transfer password protected databases.

@Supports both shared security and user-level security.

@Optional transfer of indexes.

@Optional transfer of records.

@Optional transfer of default values in field definitions.

@Identifies and transfers auto number field types.

@Command line interface.

@Easy install, uninstall and upgrade.

Answer 4

dump to csv and import csv using mysqlimport is another option.

Answer 5

Bullzip has a free Access to MySQL tool. Really useful and quick.

p.s. Relations are not included

http://www.bullzip.com/products/a2m/info.php

Answer 6

Try SQL Data Examiner