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"Access 2002 Upsizing Tools" white paper is available in Download Center

Article ID:294407
Last Review:August 25, 2004
Revision:4.4
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 241743 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241743/EN-US/).

SUMMARY

The Access 2002 Upsizing Tools white paper (Upsize02.doc) describes how to use the Upsizing Tools included in Access 2002. Use the document as an aid in preparing to migrate the data in an Access 2002 database to SQL Server, creating a client/server application from an Access 2002 database, and troubleshooting errors in the upsizing process itself.

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MORE INFORMATION

The Access 2002 Upsizing Tools white paper contains the following topics:
INTRODUCTION
 
Supported Versions
FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
 
Creating New Client/Server Applications
Unattended Upsizing
 
Tables Automatically Renamed
Automatic Log Truncation
Linked Tables Can Be Upsized
Error Message Text for Triggers
Hidden Objects Are Not Upsized
Upsizing Report
 
Error Details
Automatic Snapshot Report
THE UPSIZING PROCESS
PREPARING YOUR DATABASE FOR UPSIZING
 
Jet Security Settings Not Migrated
Permissions Necessary to Upsize
User Defined VBA Function Are Not Upsized
Not All Queries Can Be Re-created on SQL Server
UPSIZING TABLES
 
Migration of Jet Extended Properties
Table and Field Validation Migration
Default Value and Validation Rule Properties
 
ValidationText Property
Caption Property
AllowZeroLength Property
Required Property
Indexed Property
Data Types
 
Unicode Data Types
Lookup Fields
Relation Migration Of Foreign Keys
UPSIZING QUERIES
 
Queries That Are Not Upsized
Query Extended Properties
Upsizing Queries That Contain Access VBA Functions
How Queries Are Upsized
Select Queries
Union Queries
Action Queries
Queries That Are Upsized But May Not Run
 
Update Queries Based on Sorted Queries
UniqueRecords Property May Not Upsize
Upsized Make-Table Queries
Upsized Append Queries
UPSIZING FORMS
 
Properties
How Forms Are Upsized
Record Source with Parameters
Row Source with Parameters
Converting Form Filter Property to Server Filter
UPSIZING REPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
 
Upsizing Modules
Upsizing Data Access Objects
Upsizing Charts
Naming Issues
Structure Only
RUNNING THE UPSIZING WIZARD
 
Gathering Necessary Information
Running the Wizard
Step 1: New or Existing SQL Server Database?
Selecting a New SQL Server Database
Selecting an Existing SQL Server Database
Step 2: Exporting Tables to SQL Server
Step 3: Table Attributes and Other Options
Indexes
Clustered and Non-Clustered Indexes
Validation Rules
Table Relationships
Timestamps
Structure Only
Step 4: Application Changes
 
Create a New Access Client/Server Applications
Link SQL Server Tables to Existing Applications
No Application Changes
Step 5: Opening the MDB or ADP
The Upsizing Report
FOR MORE INFORMATION

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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