RE: MS Access

From: Grant Allen <Grant.Allen_at_towersoft.com.au>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:24:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DD66B.20040119152426@fatcity.com>

> viraj2 wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering if any one out here knows if there is a good list
> > (mailing list) for discussing MS Access problems. I am specifically
> > looking for migrating/converting large Access database into Oracle
> > database. I need to know what will be the steps to convert such a
> > database into an Oracle database. Also need to learn Access
> from start.
> >
> > Please reply fast, I need to dive into this one.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> >
> > Raja
>
> Oracle has a product called Migration Workbench that converts various
> other db's to Oracle. Can't vouch for it performance, never
> having used
> it before though.

The workbench itself is quite useful - funnily enough, as much for the manual as for the product itself. It gives a fairly good run-down to approaching migration, which can be applied to just about any DB. The only "gotchas" I encountered with the workbench are its picky requirements for exact installer versions, etc. (nothing new there for Oracle).

Ciao
Fuzzy
:-)

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