[mapguide-users] Microsoft Access DB in Mapguide 1.2 on Linux

[Frank Warmerdam]

Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote:
> AFAIK, there is no really great method for using Access on Linux.
> 
> Conversion to MySQL should be fairly easy:
> http://www.bullzip.com/products/a2m/info.php
> 
> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
> 
> 
> 
> ray at rayholtz.com skrev:
>> Has anyone gotten an MSAccess database to work with Mapguide 1.2 on 
>> Linux and How?
>> or second question:
>> Has anyone converted an Access database to a mysql database to use 
>> with Mapguide, and how?

Ray,

Mateusz Loskot got OGR's PGeo driver working on linux using mdbtools, and
documented his steps at:

   http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/mdbtools

But my opinion is that this is a pretty difficult to setup situation and
fragile at the best of times.

Best regards,
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