Activity 9.01 – linking the remaining MySQL tables to your MS Access database
We need to link the remaining tables from MySQL to the MS Access frontend so that we can continue with the conversion process. In this activity, we will complete the linking process for the remaining MySQL tables. The steps to complete the table links should be followed in order. Please refer to Exercise 9.04 and Exercise 9.05 if required. Follow these steps to complete this activity:
- Rename all of the remaining original local tables in MS Access.
- Check and set the primary keys of all the remaining MySQL tables in Workbench if necessary.
- Set the AI property of all the primary key fields in the remaining tables in MySQL.
- Link all the remaining tables to MS Access.
- Validate that the data is correct in all the MySQL linked tables compared to the MS Access tables.
- Finally, remove all of the old MS Access linked tables.
After performing these steps, you should see the...