'How to import mdb to sql server
I have a vb application. Now I have developed that same vb application in Asp.net. In vb I had used MSAccess database. In asp.net I am using Sql server. Now I want to Move or copy the MSaccess database data into Sql server.
Solution 1:[1]
Open your MS Access database, go to tools/database utilities/upsizing wizard. You're done.
Just follow the wizard's steps, make sure you have administrative rights on the SQL server, check all your steps with the integrated help for detailled table/indexes/rules upsizing.
Some database will not upsize easily, due to specific Access/Jet configuration that cannot be imported into SQL. This company has a small module to check this kind of issue and might also propose its own upsizing wizard here.
Solution 2:[2]
Microsoft Access, if I recall has a Sql upsizing wizard, atleast 2k7 does, previous versions might have it also.
Solution 3:[3]
You can also use SQL Server directly to import an Access MDB file into a SQL Server database. In SQL Server 2000, this was done using DTS. In SQL Server 2005/2008, this is done with SSIS.
Have a look here for a tutorial:
Solution 4:[4]
If you've got an existing ODBC connection to the MS Access DB, then you can create a sql 2005 database, right click and choose Import (in Management Studio) and run through the import wizard pointing the datasource at the MS Access data connection.
Hope this helps.
Solution 5:[5]
You can use the Import wizard in the SQL server. Select the source as the MDB and the destination as your SQL server.
Solution 6:[6]
The upsizing wizard in Access 2007 didn't work for me with SQL Server 2008 Express SP1, but this tool (after an amazingly annoying installation process) worked quite well:
Solution 7:[7]
i think the probs is with data in tables ,not the table. All the tables might have primary keys. so the next run , due to primary key violation the package is getting failed. before each dump, delete the enteries in the existing sql server by using "Execute sql task " in ctrl flow.
if (table exits ) then delete * from table
Solution 8:[8]
In 2022 it's quite hard to match the local version of Access that has the "upsizing wizard" or a similar feature. Also SQL Server Management Studios import/export through SSIS packages sometimes have trouble recognizing column types. I've came across Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access which looks like a stand-alone version of upsizing wizard with a lot of features and verbosity. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54255
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| Solution 6 | Derek Slager |
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