Thread: Re: importing into postgres from access
nsrona <svngo@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I currently have postgres on a Linux 6.2 machine & I can access all of its
> information from any windows machine using the proper odbc driver.
> Now I want to go in the other direction - Is there a way for my postgres
> server on the linux box to pull down information from a windows client that
> is using an Access Database?
I'm relatively new to postgres *and* I'm not sure if I understand your
question right:
You want "postgres" to connect to another DB server, and populate a
postgres table from a table in that other DB server ???
If that's the case, I'm pretty sure it's not possible. PostgreSQL is a DB
server, not a client, and actually I believe this is true for most (all
?) DB server: They can act as server and server only, not as client.
Now, one thing you might want to look into, and again assumning I
understood the question right, is to look at perl and DBI. What this would
allow you to do is run a perl script on the Linux box that connects to
both servers (postgres on Linux, and whichever on Windows), and populate
one table from one with data from a table on the other server. IF you know
a litle perl, this is trivial to do.
Yves.
----
Yves Dorfsman dorfsmay@cuug.ab.ca
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~dorfsmay
You can in fact access an Access database from Linux. Just install the Universal ODBC stuff from OpenLink and point it at a DSN on an NT box. (Don't know about W95/98 but should work.) You can the use PERL/DBI etc to manipulate the data directly. If, however, you actually want PostgreSQL to process the Access tables then forget it. Cheers, Stephen. Yves Dorfsman <x@x.com> wrote: > nsrona <svngo@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I currently have postgres on a Linux 6.2 machine & I can access all of its > > information from any windows machine using the proper odbc driver. > > > Now I want to go in the other direction - Is there a way for my postgres > > server on the linux box to pull down information from a windows client that > > is using an Access Database? > > I'm relatively new to postgres *and* I'm not sure if I understand your > question right: > > You want "postgres" to connect to another DB server, and populate a > postgres table from a table in that other DB server ??? > > If that's the case, I'm pretty sure it's not possible. PostgreSQL is a DB > server, not a client, and actually I believe this is true for most (all > ?) DB server: They can act as server and server only, not as client. > > Now, one thing you might want to look into, and again assumning I > understood the question right, is to look at perl and DBI. What this would > allow you to do is run a perl script on the Linux box that connects to > both servers (postgres on Linux, and whichever on Windows), and populate > one table from one with data from a table on the other server. IF you know > a litle perl, this is trivial to do. > > > > > Yves. > ---- > Yves Dorfsman dorfsmay@cuug.ab.ca > http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~dorfsmay ======================================================================== Stephen Davies Consulting scldad@sdc.com.au Adelaide, South Australia. Voice: 08-8177 1595 Computing & Network solutions. Fax: 08-8177 0133
At 16:31 11/07/00 +0930, Stephen Davies wrote: >You can in fact access an Access database from Linux. > >Just install the Universal ODBC stuff from OpenLink URL please, neither openlink.com nor openlink.org seem to be the right places. Thanks Steve -- thorNET - Internet Consultancy, Services & Training Phone: 01454 854413 Fax: 01454 854412 http://www.thornet.co.uk
> At 16:31 11/07/00 +0930, Stephen Davies wrote: > >You can in fact access an Access database from Linux. > > > >Just install the Universal ODBC stuff from OpenLink > > URL please, neither openlink.com nor openlink.org seem to be the right places. > > Thanks > > Steve http://www.openlinksw.com Alex Bolenok
Alex Bolenok wrote: > > At 16:31 11/07/00 +0930, Stephen Davies wrote: > > >You can in fact access an Access database from Linux. > > > > > >Just install the Universal ODBC stuff from OpenLink > > > > URL please, neither openlink.com nor openlink.org seem to be the right > places. > > > > Thanks > > > > Steve > > http://www.openlinksw.com > > Alex Bolenok You can use the Windows ODBC driver of Postgresql and the use access to export your table to PG via ODBC. Maybe the Upsize wizard will even work... Cheers. Franck