[Mono-list] [MonoDevelop] Accessing an MS access db from linux

Abe Gillespie abe.gillespie at gmail.com
Wed Sep 17 22:50:32 EDT 2008


Have you ever gotten this to work?  I've tried this myself but never  
found success.

-Abe

On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Jason Taylor wrote:

> http://www.mono-project.com/ODBC
>
> ODBC can connect to various databases which has an ODBC driver  
> installed:
> ...
> MS Access (http://www.microsoft.com/office/access) (via MDB Tools (http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/ 
> ) on UNIX)
>
>
>
>
> 2008/9/18 Abe Gillespie <abe.gillespie at gmail.com>
> sqllite is probably closer in philosophy to MS Access than MySQL is.
>
> -Abe
>
> On Sep 17, 2008, at 2:25 PM, lsuitger wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanx! Will convert to mysql as I already have that setup on this
> > machine.
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris Howie-3 wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:59 PM, lsuitger <judelandry2002 at gmail.com 
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>> Well, is there a way to access an mdb from linux using c# and  
> mono?
> >>
> >> I'd put this in the "very unlikely" category.  Maybe you can  
> convert
> >> your database to SQLite on Windows?  Then it should work everywhere
> >> Mono and SQLite are available.
> >>
> >> P.S. This is off-topic on the MonoDevelop list.  I'm sending this  
> to
> >> the Mono list too, where it's more appropriate.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Howie
> >> http://www.chrishowie.com
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Monodevelop-list mailing list
> >> Monodevelop-list at lists.ximian.com
> >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodevelop-list
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Accessing-an-MS-access-db-from-linux-tp19499421p19538295.html
> > Sent from the Mono - MonoDevelop IDE mailing list archive at
> > Nabble.com.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Monodevelop-list mailing list
> > Monodevelop-list at lists.ximian.com
> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodevelop-list
>
> _______________________________________________
> Monodevelop-list mailing list
> Monodevelop-list at lists.ximian.com
> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodevelop-list
>
>
>
> -- 
> "A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless  
> interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull  
> day." - Calven

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-list/attachments/20080917/35d0c1a7/attachment.html 


More information about the Mono-list mailing list