mdb reading program

[peacecodotnet]

i have a mdb file that i made with microsoft access awhile back. since then, i have had to uninstall access, but i still have the file and very badly need to access it. is there any way i can do this without access?

Peace out,
Peace Co.

 

[sfm6s524]

You could try opening from Excel (menu File/Open), or import into Excel (menu Data/Import External Data/Import Data).

 

[GingerR]

Just out of curiosity, I opened Excel (2002), poked around a bit and found DATA + Import External Data + Import Data on the menu. Worked like a charm. Don't know if it won't work without Access, as I have that installed too. Hopefully just having Excel will work.

 

[peacecodotnet]

..perhaps i should have mentioned this earlier, but i had to uninstall the entire office suite. and i can't reinstall it. i'm looking for like a freeware program or something.

Peace out,
Peace Co.

 

[GingerR]

How come? Are you fighting against MS or something?

 

[GingerR]

do you just want to read the data?
you can do it by making a program in VB or ASP or other language and pulling the data out. You'd have to know the tables names tho.
Or send it to someone who has access and have them pull the data out and put it in a text file for you.

 

[BNPMike]

Ability Office Database reads mdbs. Quite cheap - may be you can download a trial.