Converting MySQL to MS Access

Question

I have a table in MySQL with a large amount of data that I would really rather not manually copy accross to MS Access. In simple terms how would I convert the Table from MySQL t

Answer 1

One option is to use ODBC. Use Access to pull in the data from MySQL.

• Install the MySQL ODBC driver.
• Create a system DSN for the MySQL database.
• Create a new Access database.
• Find the approprate Access menu command for importing external data. This will depend on your version of Access. A2010 has a ribbon menu called "External Data".
• select the ODBC data source (Machine Data Source) using the DSN you created.
• select the tables you need, and proceed with the import.

Answer 2

One simple approach is to export the table to CSV format from MySQL and import it into Access from CSV using the data import wizard.

MySQL to CSV

http://www.electrictoolbox.com/mysql-export-data-csv/

CSV to Access

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/27511.aspx