Title: WordPress Microsoft Access Hack?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress Microsoft Access Hack?

 *  [americasroof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/americasroof/)
 * (@americasroof)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/)
 * I would like to prebuild a lot of stuff coming from Microsoft Access and drop
   it into WordPress (there are plenty of programs that let you dump access to mysql).
   I was curious if anybody has already built a WordPress database for Access with
   the table types in correct format and relationships determined?
    I might try 
   to hack it myself but it seems like I could save a lot of time if somebody has
   already done this. Thanks.

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 *  [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/)
 * (@alphaoide)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-115443)
 * Not that I know of.
    What is this for anyway? Just for local computer? It’s so
   easy to install mysql to your computer.
 *  Thread Starter [americasroof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/americasroof/)
 * (@americasroof)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-115511)
 * I specifically would like to use the blog for discussions and information about
   specific mountains. The lists (involving thousands of names) are in excel format.
   It would be easier for me to tweak the data in an Access RELATIONAL database 
   and then use a program such as AccessDump to generate the .sql to insert the 
   data into my WordPress mysql FLAT file. WordPress offers an excellent format 
   for handling this.
    I surely can’t be the first person to think of doing this.
   That’s why I was wondering if somebody had already done it. Even if you do convert
   mysql to Access via a local install it still does not show how the tables are
   related and in what manner (e.g., one to many, etc.).
 *  [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/)
 * (@alphaoide)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-115513)
 * You probably _are_ the first to use WordPress for such purpose.
 *  [vido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vido/)
 * (@vido)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-116010)
 * Is there some hack for MS Access. I would like to install a WordPress on a server,
   that only has MS Access and the admin doesn´t want to install MySQL 🙁
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-116011)
 * And Access is a relational db ? 🙂
    [@vido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vido/):
   Move to a proper host.
 *  [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * (@ifelse)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-116012)
 * Word of warning Vido: Access is an extremely poor choice for running any sort
   of concurrent access system i.e. a web page where you will have more than one
   reader at any given time.
 * Because of the atrocious way it handles locks and concurrency, you are likely
   to see abysmal performance. Access is not very scaleable. It’s fine for a few
   users but it quickly bottlenecks which is why nobody builds online systems based
   on Access.
 *  [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * (@ifelse)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-116013)
 * americasroof, why don’t you export the excel file as csv and import that (via
   PHPMyAdmin or such like)?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-microsoft-access-hack/#post-116013)
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