opening an mdb access file without access

Question

i dont have microsoft access but would like to open an mdb file, is there any way to do this?

the mdb file contains SQL code that i need. it is just a file that connects to a remote database. i need to view the sql code

i did try openoffice base, but it only showed me some tables. i dont see where the sql code is?

Answer 1

This VBScript will print out the SQL statements from the saved queries in your MDB database.

Option Explicit
Dim dbe
Dim db
Dim qdf

Set dbe = CreateObject("DAO.DBEngine.36")
'change the next line to include the full path to your database
Set db = dbe.OpenDatabase("C:\SomeFolder\YourDatabase.mdb")
For Each qdf In db.QueryDefs
    If Left(qdf.Name,1) <> "~" Then
        Wscript.StdOut.WriteLine qdf.Name
        Wscript.StdOut.WriteLine qdf.SQL
        Wscript.StdOut.WriteLine String(20, "-")
    End If
Next
Set db = Nothing
Set dbe = Nothing

I saved it as DumpQuerySQL.vbs, then ran it from a command prompt like this:

cscript DumpQuerySQL.vbs > querySQL.txt