Re: Import MS Access Forms
From: Andy <hiestand_at_kgexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:05:58 -0400
Message-ID: <hL6dna69as1n1ArZnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d_at_catvexpress.net>
>
> Short answer, no.
>
> MS Access is really an application server with the MS Jet database engine
> integrated inside it.
>
> Oracle RDBMS can replace (and massively out-perform) the Jet engine
> database, but it's front-end Oracle Forms component is a separate product,
> and is probably WAY too complex for anything built for just Access.
>
> You can (with IMHO several significant reservations) move your data out to
> Oracle and still use your Access application components as the front-end,
> using the Oracle data via ODBC external tables.
>
> Geoff M
Thanks for the info.
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:05:58 -0400
Message-ID: <hL6dna69as1n1ArZnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d_at_catvexpress.net>
Geoff Muldoon wrote:
> hiestand_at_kgexpress.net says...
>> I have a MS Access 97 database that needs to be converted to Oracle. >> >> Is it possible to import MS Access forms into an Oracle development?
>
> Short answer, no.
>
> MS Access is really an application server with the MS Jet database engine
> integrated inside it.
>
> Oracle RDBMS can replace (and massively out-perform) the Jet engine
> database, but it's front-end Oracle Forms component is a separate product,
> and is probably WAY too complex for anything built for just Access.
>
> You can (with IMHO several significant reservations) move your data out to
> Oracle and still use your Access application components as the front-end,
> using the Oracle data via ODBC external tables.
>
> Geoff M
Thanks for the info.
Andy Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 03:05:58 CEST