[Kexi] Trying to import an MS Access database

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

Dinbandhu said the following, On 2008-04-22 02:30:
> Hi,
> While I am waiting to find out how to import my OO Base database, I
> thought I would try out Kexi in the mean time by importing using Kexi's
> import wizard for importing an MS Access database. My computer has a
> dual boot with Ubuntu Feisty, and Win98. On the Win98 partition I have
> an MS Access database. And in my Ubuntu partition I have Kexi installed,
> so there I started up Kexi, went into Kexi's import wizard and browsed
> to and selected the MSA DB in my Win98 partition-- but upon clicking
> "next", I got the following error message:
> 
> "Could not import database "/media/disk/My Documents/Win98
> Pravacans/Database of Transcribed Provecans.mdb". This type is not
> supported.
> 
> But it says in the import window for file types, "All Supported Files
> *.mda,*.mdb,*.mde". So it should be supported. This seems to be the very
> type of file which the import wizard is designed to import. So why isn't
> it working?

In Kexi 1.x were not checking for existence of the driver when displaying 
*.md* the filter.

Install kexi-mdb-driver
More info at http://kexi-project.org/wiki/wikiview/index.php@Packages.html#Kubuntu

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