Question : Integrating online orderform info. with Microsoft Access based database

We have a Miccrosoft Access based database for our promotional products company. The database is not online, but in house. We also have a website, Linux based, which contains automated order forms which uses CGI script to automate form/upload info and images. Is it possible to interface our order form information so that it is entered and/or added into our database. Can you suggest where to start. Thanks

Answer : Integrating online orderform info. with Microsoft Access based database

Actually it's a bad idea to put MS Access as a backend for a web site. Any way, you have few options.
1. Export data part of MS Access to some sort of SQL server and link it to MS Access over ODBC to make work MS Access GUI if exist. Then connection from Linux to SQL server is trivial. MySQL free or MS SQL commertial will work for you.

2. Install local web server on MS Windows host, where your Access database resides.  Create simple forms and using asp or php or perl retreave info over ODBC driver. On the linux host you will need to build a simple http agent which will have access to the internal web site and pull and parse data.
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