On Wed, 14 May 2008 14:45:42 +0100, Graham J wrote
(in article <482aed03$0$2489$da0feed9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
> "Hugh Browton" <useneth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C4509F3700EEAB68F0182648@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Dear All
>>
>> A client wishes to convert an existing PC-based Access database to a
>> Macintosh. About 3000 records - mostly address data.
>>
>> I'm going to suggest a copy of FileMaker Pro and convert the data using
>> .....what exactly?
>>
>> Can I ex****t from Access as CSV, tab-delimited, or some such (if the
data
>> is
>> just simple tables) and im****t, or do I need something cleverer?
>
> Yes you can ex****t the data tables from Access. However if Access has
been
> used as a proper database with mutliple tables having one-to-many or
> many-to-one relation****ps, together with queries, re****ts, macros, or
Visual
> Basic code then you may have a major job on your hands.
>
OK, thanks for that.
> It is probably fair to say that if it only contains a single data table
then
> Access was an inappropriate program to use in the first place - Excel
would
> have been adequate.
>
Yes, as a man who used AppleWorks database (aka AppleWorks spreadsheet)
for
just such a purpose for many years I agreed. But that's obviously the next
thing to check - "What sort of database is it?"
--
regards
hugh
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(by the sea) (using Hogwasher)
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