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Access ODBC connection to SQL Server database
This document describes the steps to connect a MS Access database to a SQL server database
1. Open SQL Server Management Studio
2. On the “Connect to Server” screen, copy the Server Name (needed later)
3. Continue to log into SQL server
4. Once in SQL server, verify the SQL database of interest is “attached.” If not attach the
database
5. Open Control panel, Select Administrative Tools, Select Data Sources (ODBC)
6. Select Add
7. Select SQL Server, and Finish
8. Enter a Name for the ODBC connection and paste the SQL server database location
(from step 2 above), then click Next
9. Settings on the next screen should match the below, click Next
10. Check the box for “change the default database to”
a. Use pull down menu to highlight the database you want to connect to
b. Click on Next
11. On the next screen, click on Finish
12. On the next screen, click on OK
13. Closeout the Control Panel windows
14. Open your MS Access database
15. Search for and delete any existing dbo.XXX tables that you want to create a new link to.
a. NOTE: if you do not delete the existing dbo table the new ODBC connection will
create a table name with a suffix. Example below:
16. Click on External Data – ODBC Database
17. Click on “Link to the data source by creating a linked table”
18. Click on “Machine Data Source,” highlight the ODBC Data Source Name you are
interested in (from step 8 above).
a. Then click OK
19. Select the tables you want to link to (NOTE: you can select more than 1 table )
a. Then click OK
b. A new dbo.xxx table will be created:
20. Check:
a. To verify the ODBC connection is pointing to the correct database, right click on
the dbo.xxx table and select “Linked Table Manager”
i. Scroll to the right in this window to see the SQL database name
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