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SQL SERVER 2005 LINKED SERVERS
I want to link a password protected Microsoft Access 97 Database to SQL Server 2005 as a linked server so that all of the mdb tables will be available through the sql server engine as if that database was a database inside of sql server.
Can i do this?
if so can you give me a step by step
Thanks in advance.
Can i do this?
if so can you give me a step by step
Thanks in advance.
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Got this to work only after i removed the database password of of the Access Database. It is a simple database password on the databsae not a workgroup password. How do i specify the password for the database so that SQL server can connect to my mdb?
in the @rmtuser and @rmtpassword = needs to be you access database user and password...
http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/Microsoft-Access/Configuring-a-Linked-Microsoft-Access-Server-on-SQL-2005-Server/1/