                               Access2PostgreSQL

                            Release: 2.0
                            Author(s): Nathan Bruer

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  License
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Copyright (C) 2007 Nathan Bruer

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/

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  Summary
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Access2PostgreSQL is a script writen in PHP to convert a Microsoft Access
database into a PostgreSQL database. It was writen because I (Nathan Bruer)
needed to convert one of my own Microsoft Access databases into PostgreSQL and
was having trouble finding a good free conversion tool.

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  Installation & Configuration
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To install & configure Access2PostgreSQL, please do the following:

1. Uncompress the archive into a location on the computer
2. Locate the Microsoft Access database file and:
  a. If running Linux/BSD chmod the file to 777 and disable any other security
     (ie. SELinux)
  b. If running Microsoft Windows give the user "Everyone" full control of the
     file. If you are unsure on how to do this, please refer to this link:
     http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/acl_set_permissions.mspx
3. Open the config.inc.php file and setup the Access and PostgreSQL settings as
   needed. NOTE: if using windows use \\ when you mean \ or you may run into
   problems. (you will need to setup a PostgreSQL database first!)
4. Open a new console and change the working directory to the directory this
   file is located in (ie. "cd C:/folder/location" or "cd /folder/location").
5. in the same console type "php ./index.php" (without quotes).

If setup properly it should display alot of information. This could be usefull
if you run into problems to know if an error occured. If it displays an error
and asks for input, please disregard because the input does not quite work like
it should, insted press CTRL + C and fix the problem in the config.inc.php file
then run the script again.