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JaybeeSQL
Posting Yak Master

112 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-01 : 10:17:11
Hi all,

I've imported an Access DB with a hundred tables or so that has no documentation/users, it is offline at the moment but I would like to set up a reporting platform with it.

Oddly enough it has no FK's, considering there are quite a few join tables - I assume those constraints didn't survive the import process.

I could continue to wade through the tables with the 20 greatest rowcounts, but does anyone know of a more efficient way of familiarising myself with what data is where and how it was all connected?

Cheers,


JB

nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3385 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-01 : 10:47:32
Can you look at the original access database to see if there are is anything there.
Do you at least have indexes?

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JaybeeSQL
Posting Yak Master

112 Posts

Posted - 2013-10-01 : 11:58:13
Hi Nige, no and no.
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