There is a utility called MyAcess it is like MyODBC and I have used it to do this exact thing. It works very well. I believe you can find it on Freshmeat. Thomas G. Knight thomas@slaponline.com http://www.slaponline.com -----Original Message----- From: David Eisenhart [mailto:david@erothe.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 4:51 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: copying data If its a 'one off' kind of transfer then i'd recommend that you consider doing what I did - export the data from Access to text file(s) and then import from the text file(s) into MySQL (phpMyAdmin is v handy for this lind of task) {Of course if you want a more automated solution then this is not the way to go) David Eisenhart > > If I have a microsoft access file .mdb on my server, can I use a php page > to move the data from the file to a mysql db? > > Thanks, > Eddie > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php