I successfully installed the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, and got Access to link
to a table as external data.
It took me a while to figure out what the proper parameters might be in
configuring the ODBC
in the control panel in Administrative Tools, and then to fill in the proper
fields in Access when defining the external data linked table.
In Administrative Tools, ODBC, the Database name is the database I created
in Postgresql, which I called lantimes. The Server was a REAL MYSTERY, until
I read something in google which suggested that it should be localhost.
I was in despair for a while, until I saw it suddenly work.
Another problem I encountered, in the two tables I created in pgAdmin III ,
involves two different numeric fields, where I get the message from Access
"Field is of type MONEY but expression is double precision." The field was
defined in the sql statement in PostgreSQL as MONEY. I was simply copying an
exercise from a SQL primer. Should I not use MONEY in defining such fields to
be used with ACCESS? Is there a different TYPE that I should use in my
definition? Thanks!
By the way, what would you suggest as a tool to administer the PostgreSQL
databases. I mean, something sort of graphical which would display tables and
names and relationships.