Ed Kaim [MSFT]
2/7/2004 5:31:00 AM
1) The easiest way isprobably to migrate the desktop Access databases to SQL
Server, and then use merge replication to push the server database down to
SQL CE on the device.
2) I don''t know if you can replicate directly from Access to SQL CE, but it
should be possible to use SQL Server as a bridge.
"Peter Jones" <jonespm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:2E17E83B-DF50-480F-BA1E-CB80EE607774@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ed,
> Thanks for the prompt response and I hear your message re SQL CE. I
currently work with VB6 and SQL Server so I don''t suppose an SQL CE
environment will present much of a learning curve for me. A couple more
questions if I may...
> Pocket Access seemed (and still does) appealing because my ''host system''
is an Access app and I need to replicate to/from the mobile device to the
Access app. In fact the code is already in place to create a partial replica
(on the laptop) and then simply copy the mdb across to the mobile device.
The user would then add/change data to the database and then copy it back to
the laptop where it would be merged back into the database that provided the
partial replica in the first place. No big deal to scrap this code and start
again though.
> 1) I need my SQL database to have the same structure as my Access database
(about 70 tables). Is there a utility around that can do this?
> 2) Is replication to/from Access 2000 to SQL CE possible? If so do you
know where I can find more information about actually doing it?
>
> Cheers, Peter
>