How to use ODBC link Access to Firebird

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How to use ODBC link Access to Firebird

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Hi, I'm doing Attendance Report using microsoft access. I get the data from Integrated management system where i download the report in excel file. I notice tht system is using Firebird. Right now, I'm trying to it link access using odbc.
1. Do i need to install firebird driver?
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Hi and welcome to the forum!

This is a forum for OpenOffice. If you need to use MS Access, you should ask their own forums.
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Yes, of course you need a firebird driver.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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Villeroy wrote:Yes, of course you need a firebird driver.
Might be Burt...
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Is that Casper, the friendly ghost, manifesting himself on the other side of the car?
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They would both be from the same era! Casper 1939, Burt 1936 :-)
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Yes, this is the firebird driver who connects with anything you can pay for.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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