Re: Importing Data into Postgresql from MS Access

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Kevin Leclaire wrote:

> Does anyone know of a utility which can easily convert MS Access tables into
> Postgres?

pgAdmin has an Access migration utility.  It works through the Pg ODBC
driver.  See http://www.pgadmin.freeserve.co.uk/

> Alternatively, I can export to any format that MSAccess supports (e.g.
> comma-delimited text), but would like to know if there are any import
> utilities which will simplify the import process into postgres so I don't
> have to write a script for 100 fields X thousands of records.

If you export into some kind of delimited format, you can easily use the
COPY or /copy commands with psql.

Brett W. McCoy
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