Re: Data type

Michele Monaco <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mdb-tools.devel
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Thank you very much.

It runs well now.

Michele


2006/2/5, Christophe CHiPs Petit <[email protected]>:
>
> Michele Monaco a écrit :
> > I'm starting using the MDBTOOLS today...
> >
> > Really it seems to me a very powerful tool for an ACCESS user aspiring
> > to switch himself in a MYSQL user.
> >
> > I started analysing one of my different Access DBs (really my chain to
> > microsoft) with MDB-SCHEMA, in order to produce the relevant DDL, of
> > which I attach a sample.
> >
> > The data type given by the mdbtools are not readable by the MySql
> > Interpreter.
> > For example Long Integer and Currency are not accepted by MySql.
> >
> > What can I do ?
> >
> > I have to make the necessary changes by hand or there is something
> > automatic to convert the data type ?
>
> Hello,
>
> It seems that you have to specify the backend you want, default is to
> output Access DDL. On my Debian SID, mdbtools version
> 0.5.99.0.6pre1.0.20051109-1, mdb-schema recognizes the mysql backend.
>
> You have to launch it with :
>
> $ mdb-schema mydatabase.mdb mysql > create-db.sql
>
> HTH.
>
> NB : Debian manpage is out of date, it does not speak of MySQL.
>
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