Re: Accessing .mdb Ms Access file from Linux without ODBC

i want to understand something : when using a dsn like this with adodb : "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=/var/tmp/etiq.db" should i have an ODBC layer or not ? On 9/7/06, Joe Wollard <joe.wollard@gmail.com> wrote:

I think kOffice can read mdb files on Linux - maybe that would be a good starting point for research. Perhaps they have built a kind of API to allow other programs to do the same......then again, maybe not - but like I said, it's some place to start. On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Fourat Zouari wrote: it's a PHP question : how can we access Ms Access mdb files without ODBC ? On 9/7/06, Angelo Zanetti <angelo@zlogic.co.za> wrote:

Fourat Zouari wrote:

Hello all, I need to create a script that can open a connection to a

given .mdb file

(Microsoft Access) and do some light selects on it, anyway ... The problem that i wont create an ODBC instance, i wont and cant

install

ODBC support on the server for the unique purpose of doing that

on the

mdb file. I'm seeking how to do such thing on a Linux env (no COM) and

without

ODBC, googling, i found that AdoDB doesnt do it (?) and PDO didnt got a

support

for that (?) Any helpers around ? thanks

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