larry wade

I am familiar with Microsoft Access, but I have never used MySQL. Does MySQL
have the ability to set up Queries and Reports like Access, or do you need
separate software in order to do this? It appears PHP is always mentioned in
conjuction with MySQL. I really don't want to learn another scripting
language and I am not familiar with Unix. Any suggestions for alternatives
to PHP that would be simpler than using an acutual programming or scripting
language?

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Thanks,
Larry

martijn tonies

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You can use MS Access as the front-end to MySQL as the underlying database
system.


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larry wade

How do you use MS Access as the front-end to MySQL as the underlying
database system?


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Thanks,
Larry

martijn tonies

Probably by using an ODBC or ADO driver.

For the rest, I don't know - I just know it can be done :-)

You might want to check the MS Access Help on how to use another
database system ...


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bill karwin

Read about how to do this using the MyODBC driver here:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/msaccess.html

Regards,
Bill K.