You cannot attach Access databse file (*.mdb/*.mde) to SQL Server/MSDE, they
are completely different thing , except for being called "database" and
being from MS. But you can use any available tools you know to transfer the
Access database (structure and/or data) to a database on MSDE. If you have
Access2K or later, open the Access *.mdb file, click menu "Tools->Database
Utilities->Upsizing Wizard...". It will lead you to "Upsize" your Access
database to SQL Server/MSDE database. After running the wizard, you may
still need to do some manual changes on the newly created database on MSDE
to make sure PK/Index, data types are OK, and since Access queries may not
may not be transferred into the database on MSDE, you definitely have
re-write some or all of queries you used in the Access file with views or
stored procedures in MSDE.

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I have a program installation setup that comes with a default MS Access Database. How do I attach this default database into MSDE on my server?

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Hello,

the upsizing tool crashed for me with a overflow error. I use MSDE2000a, that doesn't include the dtsrunui tool ,( so any help how i get a access db to msde2000a ? I check dtsrun , but im very confused how to use it. How i get the data from the access db, which is a file not a server like dtsrun expected.

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hi Alexander,
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regarding Access Upswize Wizard problems, please have a look at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q237980

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Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.10.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.56.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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