Re: getting data from an access MDB file into Oracle

The other direction is possible. You can install ODBC and then link the oracle tables into the access db. But how you could dig Access to put it's data into oracle with simple methods...

oli

On Wednesday 24 January 2001 20:38, ATurner_at_concreteinc.com wrote:
> Looks interesting. Ideally what I would like to do is pretty simple ... I
> was hoping to do something like
>
> select * from dbo.tableIneed from adam_at_remoteAccessDB
>
> is there something like that out there? The word gateway comes to mind,
> but I can't seem to find much on technet about it.
>
>
> thanks
>
> adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:06 PM
> To: Adam Turner; Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Adam,
>
> I would recommend a tool called Data Junction, not sure who makes it.
> We
> have a process (manual in nature) in our Sales & Marketing department to
> download advertising data from magazines, you know those "bingo" cards they
> always stick in somewhere. This process then user Data Junction to map the
> various download formats into the database. Works very well, kind of like
> SQL*Loader on steroids & user friendly too. If our going to use it in a
> batch
> mode, you may want to check out WinBatch from Wilson WindowWare
> (http://www.winbatch.com) as well.
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: Adam Turner <ATurner_at_concreteinc.com>
> Date: 1/24/2001 10:35 AM
>
> Does anyone have any stories or advice? I am new to the idea of gateways
> and Oracle using ODBC or a similar tool to get to external data. Basically
> I am going to have an Oracle 8.1.7 DB on NT that needs to pull data out of
> an Access file nightly.
>
> If someone can give me a push in the right direction for some
> doc's/info/tools that would be great!
>
>
> thanks
>
> adam

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