OT - convert m$ access files to openoffice base

[Jim Cornette]

kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com wrote:
> Anyone know of a reliable way to convert m$ access data to openoffice base?
> 

I tried and did not have positive results with the process. 
Openoffice.org MSwindows and Openoffice.org for Linux had different 
database structures when I tried. The tables converted somewhat on the 
windows side but did not function on the Linux side.

They might have some solutions for compatibility from OS to OS. I tried 
when the openoffice.org-base package first premiered.

The most success that I had was when exporting the tables to excel and 
then exporting the spreadsheets to openoffice.org format. I stopped the 
attempt since it seemed quite a bit more of a challenge than expected.

If anyone has met with success when trying to convert MSaccess DBs over 
to Openoffice.org-base (windows-bound) and then over to Linux, I am 
interested in this possibility also.

Jim

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