I have created a relational database in MS Access 2010. Till now it is local and one user access only. Now i need to make it multi-user friendly. So is it possible to connect local MS Access software to a remote SQL Server ? I am willing to use MS Access software not any web based application.
In summery,
Multiple people from different location will use their MS Access Software to manipulate/sync the remote SQL Server database.
It will be good to receive any experts opinion or suggestion.
Thanks In advance
PKS
Export your data from MS Access database into SQL Server, then use MS Access to link to the SQL Server database.
https://support.office.com/en-au/article/Import-or-link-to-SQL-Server-data-a5a3b4eb-57b9-45a0-b732-77bc6089b84e#bm2
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I am getting Login Failed error, when try to connect ms access database through Rapid SQL.
I created ODBC connection with user id and password and then tried.
I am wondering whether Rapid SQL supports ms Access
Appreciate your comments
Cheers
Shabar
It is possible to connect to MS Access through ODBC connection (MS Access Driver(*.mdb, *.accdb))
A client wants to host their MS Access 2003 backend database into SQL Server 2008 that resides in a different server. They will be using upsizing wizard to move their databases and tables into SQL server.
A client also has MS Access front end application written in VB. After upsizing their database tables to SQL, they want to use SQL server to read/write data and also use adv. programmability features of SQL Server like stored Procs, functions etc. My team will host their SQL database.
Client will have a growing # of users entering data. So what would be the best option for our team to provide access to our SQL server so that they can use only their databases in our SQL Server?Is there a way to provide them a connection string or something like that so that they could test it in their front end application to see if they could connect to our SQL Server to read/write?Basically I want to know What are the different avenues to connect MS Access 2003 front end application written in VB to connect to SQL Server database hosted in a different server so that a user could read/write to SQL database tables? Any thoughts? Thanks.
Actually, how this setup works is not any different than if your developers were using c++, vb.net, c# or even asp.net. At the end of the day these software development tools such as c++, or FoxPro or MS Access are simply tools that let you write software. The ability of Access to connect to MySql or Oracle or insert your favorite X database brand has existed from day one.
As long as your database supports what is called "open database connectivity" then you are off to the races. And how you setup that database server to allow some software written in say c# or FoxPro or MS Access will not really change much of anything to my knowledge.
So Access is just like any other software tool such as c++ or vb.net – it is a tool that lets you write code and you connect that application and user interface to some database system you choose.
The connection technology that Access uses here is based on industry standards and thus your setup and maintains of the server side will quite much be the same for any other application(s) that you have running on premises that utilize SQL server now.
About the only relevant issue here is that in Access you have a choice of two data object models, ADO and DAO. Right now, since Microsoft is depreciating ADO and they are continuing investment in DAO and also recommending to use open database connectivity. For example, Access 2010 ships with support baked in for SQL Azure (cloud sql), and that support is based on open database connectivity.
So at this point time as it did back in 2003 the recommend data object model in Access is to use DAO.
You can read about the depreciation of ADO support in SQL server here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlnativeclient/archive/2011/08/29/microsoft-is-aligning-with-odbc-for-native-relational-data-access.aspx
While a for good number of general exports and imports and that of linking to SQL server can occur 100% inside of Access, those users will STILL need a set of client tools beyond Access to effectively work with SQL server if over time they going to start using SQL server features. This thus suggests they will need some edition of SSMS (Sql server management studio). The free express version of SSMS should more than suffice in this case.
I am a programmer and am wanting to undertake a project of converting an Access database to an SQL database.
Is this pretty easy to do? Can I just use a tool to create all the tables with the same names and 'copy' over the data?
I know that Access has built in reporting features. Does SQL have these reporting features? If not, is it easy to create them?
You just need to import your access to sql server database.
Check this tutorial:
Importing Microsoft Access 2007 Database Tables into SQL Server
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MS Access is not a database at all, by default, it uses the Jet or ACE database to store data, but Access will also work perfectly well with data stored in a number of other databases, MS SQL included. There is no need to change from an MS Access front-end when you are moving the tables to a new back-end. SQL Server does not have all the user-interface and reporting tools that MS Access has, it is a database, not "a rapid application database development and reporting tool"
Try this one its free from microsoft.
I'm working in an Access 2007 database and need help migrating tables to SQL server. Is this possible to do having only purchased Access 2007 or do I need to download a separate program for SQL? When I try to create a new SQL database or open an existing one through Access, I'm getting a "CREATE DATABASE" or "CREATE TABLE" error and not sure what the issue is. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Take a look at the microsoft's SQL Server Migration Assistant 2005 for Access (v4.0) which supports access 97 - 2007
Yes, you need to install it. There is a free edition of SQL Server, called Sql server express. Database size limit is 4gb. If it suits you go for it. Also, i belive Access has migration tool built in.
Update: In Access 2007 - Database Tools -> Move Data -> Sql Server ( follow the wizard ).
I've used the Access 2007 upsizing wizard to move my files to a SQL server. A problem I'm experiencing now is that when I try to link the tables in either Excel or Access, it requires me to create a DSN or a machine data source connection. In either case, when I do this, it makes the connection only useful on the current PC.
What I'm trying to do is create an access file and an excel file, both of which link to the newly upsized tables on the sql server, which I can distribute to users across the network (let's assume they all have sufficient user rights on the SQL server to read data).
Any suggestions?
Chuck
Use Doug Steele's code to convert your DSN's to DSN-less connect strings:
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/DSNLessLinks.html