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How to create a SQL Server Linked Server to MS Access

I need to create a linked server in SQL Server 2008 R2 to a MS Access 2007 database.

Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks,
Steve

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Deepak Chauhan

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Quick question that I forgot to include in my original post, the Access database is supplied by a third party vendor. The credentials for accessing it do not include a username, but does have a password.

Everything I've tried says a username is required, but the database itself doesn't have one, it just has the password portion. Will that work with these options?

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I just tried to create the linked server using your instructions, but ran into the same creditials problem I've been hitting using every other method.

How can I create a linked server to an Access database that is password protected, but has not username associated with that password?

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Still no luck on this. I found an article (wish I had copied the URL to it to post here) on Microsoft's site talking about this issue. They said you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get a user account between the SQL Server and the server the Access db resides on, such as creating a temp directory, assigning it permissions, and several other things.

I'm abadoning this whole process and will either figure out a better way, or just have the users do it manually.

Thanks everyone for your help!