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Importing Csv Files to Access. Sharmeen Amir 11G1. Step 1. Open the Database you want to import the file in. Give your database a suitable name, and click on ‘Create’. Step 2. Select the ‘External Data’, and click on ‘Text File’ in that group. Step 3.
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Importing Csv Files to Access Sharmeen Amir 11G1
Step 1 • Open the Database you want to import the file in. • Give your database a suitable name, and click on ‘Create’.
Step 2 Select the ‘External Data’, and click on ‘Text File’ in that group.
Step 3 • After clicking on the Text file, a window called ‘Get External Data’ will appear. • Browse your files there from your folder. • Do NOT change any of the 3 options. It’s put on default. • Click ok.
Step 4 • Next window that appears is called the, ‘Import Text Wizard’. • Delimited- Its been set to default so no changes to be made. • Click next.
Step 5 • In the next screen, you’ll specify the delimited, by clicking the option ‘First Row Contains Field Names’. • Click next to continue.
Step 6 • Make no changes, and click next to continue to the next screen.
On this screen, you’ll be asked to assign a primary key. Unless there is nothing unique, you click on ‘Let Access add primary key’, otherwise you click on ‘Choose my own primary key’. Click next to continue. Step 7
Step 8 • Choose a specific name for your table and click finish.
Step 9 • Click close, and the table will appear in the database.