Re: ODBC connection to mdb for MacIntosh

Ok, I'm confused. Access does not exist on Macintosh. Where is the database,
what kind is it, and what are you trying to do with it on the Mac?


On 7/20/05 9:04 AM, in article #TRAiuSjFHA.1044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Amy
Blankenship" <Amy_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I found this link, but I was unclear which of their products was supposed to
> allow you to connect to an access database that was resident on the Mac.
> There was one that looked like it would work if the DB was on a PC server,
> but that's not what I'm looking for.
>
> Could you be more specific as to which product you're meaning?
>
> Thanks;
>
> Amy
>
> "Jim Gordon MVP" <goldkey74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eVeSU1NjFHA.1968@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> The first one that comes to my mind is OpenLink, but there are others:
>> http://www.openlinksw.com/
>>
>> If you want to connect to Excel here are some details:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/excel2004/using.aspx?pid=usingexcel2004
>> &type=howto&article=/mac/LIBRARY/how_to_articles/office2004/xl_ODBC.xml
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> --
>> Jim Gordon
>> Mac MVP
>> MVP FAQ
>> <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs>
>>
>>
>> Amy Blankenship wrote:
>>> I've seen tantalizing hints on Google that it might be possible to create
>>> an ODBC connection to an Access database on a Mac, but have not been able
>>> to find a good link to drivers that will make this work. Does anyone
>>> have more information on this?
>>>
>>> TIA;
>>>
>>> Amy
>
>


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