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From: <billk at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] database query


> Nobody has yet mentioned the problem of stored proceedures, VB macros and
> VB display elements (forms/user interface) that can exist in a .mdb Can
> Linux handle these in some way.  ODBC/JDBC works well into mysql (and can
> be used as a backend to an access .mdb that handles the display side of
> things, but this just handles raw data, the major advantage of access is
> all the (admittedly flaky) add ons - thats why its used so widely, and I
> have never seen a Linux way to handle these.
>
> BillK
>
> > > Certainly they can, but (correct me if I'm  wrong) not with the Access
> > > database as-is.  They'll need to convert it to another format and
> probably to
> > > write a bit of code to access it  from the web server.
> >
>