I have an access 2007 Database that consists of 3 tables each having 1 million, 2 million and 3 million records respectively. The size of the .accdb (access databas file) is
2,145,390,592 bytes (1.99 GB). I was able to zip the file (using winrar) down to 286,862 kb.
What I need to do is get the data in my 3 tables over to a client who is in another State and FTP is not an option so I will be placing the Data on a CD and mailing it to them through regular postal mail.
I do not want to use CSV files as I do not want them to have to do any importing of a CSV file or messing with field datatypes or anything. I just want the client to be able to open the data base or tables and see the data in access.
Am I going about this the right way by sending them the .accdb file or should I export and save each access table separately on to the CD and send that to them?
Your original idea is perfect, burn the 280MB zip file on to a CD and let them unpack it at the other end, then as you say they can simply open Access and see all the data.
If they were using a different database to Access then it would be worth while exporting the individual files, but in this case it’s not necessary and a waste of programming time.