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I’ve recently been given a MS Access .mdb database file and asked to make it usable in a Linux system. What I’m looking for is a way to convert the Access database to an open-source database such as MySQL or PostGres.
I don’t have MS Office, and it’s a one-time project for a volunteer organization so I don’t want to spend money if it’s avoidable. I’m running Vista x64, and have a Linux virtualbox, so something usable in either one will be good.
I used the MySQL Migration Toolkit and it worked very well for tables, even creating a reusable script. It is free and simple to use.
This toolkit is now EOL and the MySQL Workbench 5.2 replaces it.
Unfortunately, it falls over with ‘A problem caused the program to stop working correctly’ when I try it with MS Access on my system. At the last step, of course. (Jan 16 2013)