Outgrown Access?

Migrate to Oracle with Oracle

Migration Workbench

IOUG Live 2003 Paper #541

Don Miller
WTA Consulting
Manager, Application Integration Practice
donm@wtainc.com
419-290-6141
Objectives

 Attendees will learn how to install the Oracle

Migration Workbench along with the
installation of the access option
 Attendees will learn the advantages of the
migration wizard
 Attendees will learn how to migrate an
Access database with forms to an Oracle
database. ODBC drivers will allow to use the
Access forms on an Oracle database
OMWB Overview

 Tool that simplifies the process of migrating

data from non-Oracle databases
 This presentation focuses on Microsoft
Access 2000 (very similar to 97)
 There are plug-ins for various databases
– Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
– Microsoft Access 95, 97, 2000
– Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000
OMWB Installation

 OMWB needs to be
installed into an
Oracle 9i home
 Plug-in Installation
 Repository Storage
Install the Plug-in
Microsoft Access Plug-in
Feature Support Access
Tables Y
Views N (Queries)
Indexes Y
Groups/Roles N/A
Users N
Constraints Y (validation rules)
Privileges N
User-defined Types N/A
Stored Procedures N/A
Triggers N/A
Embedded SQL N/A
Relations, Link tables,
Other features
application code reuse.
Repository Storage

 Set of tables to store migration data

 Enables user to work independently from
production database
 Source Model
– Contains a mirror image of the data dictionary of
the source database
 Oracle Model
– Created from information in the source model
Creating the Repository

 Default Repository
– Oracle 9i Lite (ships with product)
 Oracle 8i/9i Repository
– Connect to database on network using
JDBC driver
– Must have a user already created with
the CONNECT, RESOURCE roles granted
Login Repository Screen
Starting OMWB

 If your plug-in was

successfully
installed, you
should receive the
following box when
starting OWMB
 You will see an
entry for each
plug-in installed
OMWB Migration Wizard
Create XML File from MDB File
 Open
– ORACLE_HOME\OMWB\OMWB2000.mde
– MDE file is a compiled MDB file that
cannot be viewable or edited
OMWB Install: Select Database
Data Type Definitions

 Oracle Type
– Possible Oracle types created from the source
database
 Oracle Length
– Digits or characters that are permitted for
alphanumeric types
 Oracle Precision
– Digits that are permitted for numeric types
 Oracle Scale
– Digits to the right of the decimal that are
permitted
Data Type Illustration
Oracle Model Illustration
Migrate to Oracle
Migration Connection

 Must enter a
user with
DBA privs
Migrate Table Data
Schema Objects to Migrate
Access Forms and Reports

 Setup ODBC link on Access file

– Make sure to use Oracle’s ODBC driver
 Link Access file to Oracle
Data Migration

 Migrating a single table?

 Creation of users and their tables
 What happens to my constraints
 What errors might occur and how to
handle them
A Real Life Experience

 Access file too large

 Decision to migrate to Oracle
 No budget to replace forms and
reports
 Solution to migrate data to Oracle and
retain Access forms and reports