Comments on: import data from access into sql server 2005 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/import-data-from-access-into-sql-server-2005/ Sat, 25 May 2013 17:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: kurthp http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/import-data-from-access-into-sql-server-2005/#comment-50643 kurthp Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:24:44 +0000 #comment-50643 To the best of my knowledge, you can’t do it this way. Your 100+ table Access database is inside one Access .mdb file. Using xp_cmdshell to copy the .mdb file will not create the database structure/data within SQL Server.

Using the SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access would allow you to convert the tables/data from Access to SQL Server. Best would be to then change your front end/reports to be directed toward the SQL Server database.

Having said that, once the base structure/data exists within SQL Server, you could then create a Linked Server within SQL Server to your Access database and then write procedures to bring in new data from Access.

]]> By: 77 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/import-data-from-access-into-sql-server-2005/#comment-50638 77 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:02:43 +0000 #comment-50638 can I use this command extended procedure xp_cmdshell to copy data from access (refer to its path) and set them inside the database on sqlserver 2005 which is taking the same format database structure as access????
As I am receiving data on a daily basis which are set into access database and I have to implement front end pages and reports. For this aim, I want to create a stored procedure to generate the data from access into sql server 2005 in an auto schedualed job. Please a help for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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