How can I provide Access database support to my clients on linux Red Hat 7.2. Some body help me. Is there some utility or rpm or some other way.

You can't:stickout

You can provide access from a Linux server to an Access database located on a Windows server (see http://www.atinet.com/Products/OpenRDA/ODBC_UNIX/ODBC_Unix.asp) but I'm not aware of any Access-compatible database engine that runs on Linux -- the Microsoft Jet engine is Windows only and AFAIK MS have not released file formats.

Originally posted by anwaarsweb
How can I provide Access database support to my clients on linux Red Hat 7.2. Some body help me. Is there some utility or rpm or some other way.

You might want to let your clients know that the Microsoft Jet engine (used in Access) is not intended for use in a web environment. They develop all sorts of interesting errors when you have multiple concurrent users.

I personnally believe that MySQL is the best database environment under Linux. And it's free.

Access really belongs to Windows, so if you want to provide Access you better have a Windows server available. Either have the websites on the Windows server too, or have the Windows machine as a dedicated Access server (or maybe have some Windows stuff on that one).

I don't personnaly believe Access is a suitable database environment for the web. But it's everyone choice. After all Perl wasn't designed for the web, but adapted fine after all.