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From: samh@bluep.com (Sam Hadzajlic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is it possible to connect to a MS ACCESS database running on a Win95 machine?
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 02:01:37 GMT
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Yep I am using mysqld  linked to my Acces Database for time accounting
and works good and fast .Hava a look here http://www.bluep.com/time

Sam H

On Mon, 19 May 1997 23:21:56 GMT, nigel@smacs.co.uk (Nigel Tamplin)
wrote:

>Is it possible to connect to a MS ACCESS database running on a Win95
>machine?
>
>Hi,
>
>I would like to access a database that reside on a Windows 95 machine
>from within my C programs on my FreeBSD system.
>
>The database being used is Microsoft Access, and MS SQL server is
>available if nees be.
>
>I understand that with the SQL server component installed the database
>is ODBC compliant.
>
>What I would like to know is if there is any source code for FreeBSD
>that would allow me to access this database via the network?
>
>Has anyone out their done this?
>
>Any info would be helpful.
>
>Cheers,
>
>	Nigel Tamplin	(nigel@smacs.co.uk)
>