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Upload data from access to a web site

Asked by: TrilobyteMKR

I have a VB.net 2008 .net 3.5 web site and need to upload data from an access database.
I basically need to update a few records at a time from a local access database to a web application that uses sql server 2008. Has anyone done this before? Is there a straightforward way to do this from MS Access?
Many thanks
Malcolm

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2009-07-23 at 04:41:03ID24594168
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Answers

 

by: YadtrtPosted on 2009-07-23 at 05:30:48ID: 24924368

You should use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). You can not do it directly

 

by: sampipesPosted on 2009-07-24 at 06:29:58ID: 24934687

Our company bought the wrong version of sql and we cannot automate SSIS. Nevertheless It is still quite easy to do in a sql script as long as the database server has access to the location of the MDB.

The main issue is that you cannot use \\servername\path. You would need to either map the drive first if the mdb is not copied to a local drive.

Once that is done though..
The 3 dots between linked server name and table name are important. I lost one when I first started using this method and could not for the life of me figure out what was going wrong.

You may want to look up the correct text for your access version though this one works perfectly well with access 2003.

EXEC sp_addlinkedserver 'myMadeUpRef', 'Access 97', 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'D:\myPath\myDB.mdb';
 
INSERT INTO myLocalTable(cols)
SELECT cols
FROM  myMadeUpRef...myRemoteTable
 
EXEC sp_dropserver 'myMadeUpRef'

                                              
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by: TrilobyteMKRPosted on 2009-07-24 at 06:40:21ID: 24934774

Just so that I understand clearly Is it correct to say that the data cannot be 'pushed' from the Access application to the webserver, rather that it has to be 'Pulled' with the web server getting the data from the local access db.

Is my understanding OK?

malcolm

 

by: sampipesPosted on 2009-07-24 at 07:11:14ID: 24935053

No, you can also push the data from access.

You would need to create an ODBC link to the database in question.
Once you have that go to the Tables section of Access, right click and select Link Table(s). The bottom dropdown of the dialogue lets you choose connection type and the last option is ODBC.

Once you connect via the ODBC you can link whichever tables or views in the database you need.
You can write insert queries to those tables, any data you read will be live and any data changes will be live.

For this reason it would be good to be very careful and initially create an ODBC to a test version of the database. Once you are happy you can right click on any of the tables and go to Manage Linked Tables. From there you can tick to select a new data source and swap the ODBC over to the other database.

 

by: TrilobyteMKRPosted on 2009-07-24 at 07:23:49ID: 24935187

sampipes, can I then create an ODBC link to a database that resides on a remote web server?, and if so how would I identify the remote server?
M

 

by: sampipesPosted on 2009-07-24 at 07:47:32ID: 24935424

Ahh, I see, remote web server, not a server somewhere else on your network.

That may take a little more doing. You may well not have rights to connect to it from outside the domain on which the sql server resides. Do you have to use a web control panel or remote access to do database tasks?

 

by: TrilobyteMKRPosted on 2009-07-24 at 08:13:03ID: 24935717

I would imagine that i could have FTP access or similar.

malcolm

 

by: sampipesPosted on 2009-07-24 at 08:35:19ID: 24935971

If you have that then you could FTP a copy of the MDB to the server in question as a schedule.

Once it is there then you can just set it up as a .net data source in the application and reference the data directly from the web application. This is a method we currently use for exporting current member lists to content providers.

Alternatively, if you have rights to manage database tasks then you could use the linked server method to pull the data from the mdb.

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