OT - convert m$ access files to openoffice base

[Robin Laing]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> 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
> 

This may be better on the OpenOffice mail list.  I have not tried the 
database in OOo but it should work the same across all OS's.  If there 
is an issue between OS's, this needs to be addressed by the OOo 
developers.  Check their Issues.

http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html

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Robin Laing