Re: MS Access Database

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kent

I'm a little confused - is this a request to be able to read IBM i data 
in MS Access, or for the IBM i to be able to read MS Access data? I hear 
both in your post.

If it's to be able to read IBM i data with MS Access, then ODBC is 
probably the usual thing to use - you will need an ODBC drive on the PC 
that can connect with the IBM i - they are part of the Client Access 
application or an extra component of ACS (Access Client Solutions).

If it's to be able to read MS Access from the IBM i, then Justin's reply 
about JDBC is about it. Scott Klement has articles and a service program 
that can use Java to work with data on remote systems. There is also 
ArdGate, by Dieter Bender, who is on these lists a lot, as well.

HTH
Vern

On 3/12/2018 1:55 PM, Hohlen, Kent wrote:
> I have a request to create an MS Access Database file from data on the i. I haven't been able to find any articles on how to do this, so I assume it's not possible. But, I thought I would go the extra mile and post a forum question. I know that MS Access can import files and convert them, but that is not what is requested. The Engineer wants a MDB file that can be read by the production machine.
>
> We are currently at 7.2.
>
> TIA,
> Kent Hohlen
>
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