Chapter 18. Sharing Data with Other Applications

Microsoft Access is very capable of interfacing with data from other sources. It can use data from any OLE DB or Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data source, as well as data from FoxPro, dBASE, Paradox, Lotus, Excel, and many other sources. In this hour, you will learn how to interface with external data sources other than OLE DB and ODBC data sources.

Sharing Data with Other Applications
Sharing Data with Other Applications

When you're accessing external data, you have two choices: You can import the data into an Access database or you can access the data by linking to ...

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