Access ODBC Driver
Are you tied into stale business processes that actually restrict your access to the data that drives your business?
The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver is simply the solution for you if you need to connect either a 32-bit or 64-bit application on either Linux or Unix to Microsoft Access databases.
It's fast and highly reliable, and to make things as easy as possible for you, our Microsoft Access ODBC driver supports both the MDB and ACCDB database formats.
Along with our great ODBC driver, you can also take advantage of our support team team too, here to help you with any difficulties or questions that you may have.
ODBC Driver for Access 2000, 2002, 2003 2007, 2010 and 2013, 2016 and 2019 Databases (.mdb and .accdb)
The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver connects 32-bit and 64-bit applications on Linux and Unix to Microsoft Access databases.
To ensure compatibility with databases created in as many versions of Access as possible, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver supports both the MDB and ACCDB database formats. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver can connect to .mdb databases created in Access 2000–2003 and later. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver can also connect to .accdb databases, which is the default format for databases created in Office Access 2007 and later. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver is a flexible, future-proof solution therefore, which will integrate Linux/Unix with whatever version of Access suits your organisation best.
The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver provides read-write access to Access databases, so your Linux/Unix applications can update as well as retrieve Access data. If you need to restrict users to read-only access, you can configure the driver to open the database in read-only mode, just as you can with the Access front-end application on Windows.
Choosing the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver to connect Linux/Unix with Access will not disrupt your existing Access solution’s environment or users. There is no software to install on your Windows machines. You do not need to change where your database file is located. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver can open an Access database stored on a Windows share, so there is no need to copy the database file to your Linux/Unix machine. To ensure concurrent access to the database by Windows and Linux/Unix users is problem free, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver uses Access’ locking file mechanism. The driver will also prevent its users from opening a database if another user has the database opened for exclusive access, again mirroring the Access front-end’s behaviour for seamless integration.
The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver supports encrypted/encoded .mdb files, which is an Access security feature that protects Access data from unauthorised viewing. When you use the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver to load a remote .mdb file, encrypting/encoding the database protects the privacy of the Access data as it is sent across the network.
To ensure compatibility with multiple Linux/Unix applications, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver supports the unixODBC driver manager. Most (if not all) Linux/Unix applications support unixODBC, which, as a mature, non-proprietary, robust driver manager, is part of the standard installation of many Linux distributions. To provide a self-contained solution, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver distribution itself includes the unixODBC driver manager. To get you going quickly, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver automatically installs itself into unixODBC, making the driver immediately available to your applications.
Platforms
The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver is currently available on these platforms:
Version | Platform | Distribution |
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v1.4 (Access 2000 - 2019) | Linux (x86) (64 - Bit) | (kernel 2.6-6.0+, glibc 2.3.5+) |
v1.3 (Access 2000 - 2019) | AIX (PPC) (64 - Bit) | (5.0-7.2) |
v1.3 (Access 2000 - 2019) | Linux (x86) (32 - Bit) | (kernel 2.2-4.0+, glibc 2.1+) |
v1.3 (Access 2000 - 2019) | Solaris (Sparc) (32 - Bit) | (2.6-2.11) |
v1.3 (Access 2000 - 2019) | Solaris (Sparc) (64 - Bit) | (2.8-2.11) |
v1.2 (Access 2000 - 2019) | Linux (ARMv71) (32 - Bit) | (Raspberry Pi, kernel 4.9.41-v7+, glibc 2.24+) |
v1.2 (Access 2000 - 2019) | Linux (Itanium i64) (64 - Bit) | (kernel 2.4-3.0+, glibc 2.2.5) |
v1.1 (Access 2000 - 2013) | AIX (PPC) (32 - Bit) | (4.3-7.2) |
v1.1 (Access 2000 - 2013) | HP-UX (Itanium i64) (32 - Bit) | (11i) |
v1.1 (Access 2000 - 2013) | HP-UX (Itanium i64) (64 - Bit) | (11i) |
v1.1 (Access 2000 - 2013) | Solaris (x86) (32 - Bit) | (2.8-2.11) |
v1.1 (Access 2000 - 2013) | Solaris (x86) (64 - Bit) | (2.8-2.11) |
v1.0 (Access 2000 - 2007) | HP-UX (PA-Risc) (32 - Bit) | (10.10-11) |
v1.0 (Access 2000 - 2007) | HP-UX (PA-Risc 2) (64 - Bit) | (11) |
If the Access ODBC driver is not available for your platform, we have an alternative Access solution, which is available for additional Unix platforms.
MSAccess Linux ODBC Driver
Connects to MS Access databases (.mdb or .accdb) from 32-bit and 64-bit Linux platforms such as CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Kubuntu/Ubuntu (Edgy Eft/Feisty Fawn/Gutsy Gibbon/Hardy Heron/Intrepid Ibex/Jaunty Jackalope/Karmic Koala), Mandrake/Mandriva, OpenSUSE/SUSE, Red Hat, Slackware and more.
MSAccess Unix ODBC Driver
Connects to MS Access databases (.mdb or .accdb) from 32-bit and 64-bit IBM AIX, HP-UX and Sun Solaris platforms.
HP Integrity Ready
The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver for HP-UX and Linux Itanium was built and tested on HP Integrity Servers, which offer maximum hardware potential, reduced costs and unsurpassable performance.