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⇱ How to Use a Microsoft Access Database to Update WordPress Data in Real Time

How to Use a Microsoft Access Database to Update WordPress Data in Real Time

👁 Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
Update WordPress data by creating a linked table in Microsoft Access with the CData WordPress ODBC Driver.

CData ODBC drivers connect your data to any database management tool that supports Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). This includes many of the most popular productivity tools, adding new capabilities for document sharing and collaboration. Using the CData ODBC driver for WordPress, you can update live WordPress data in Microsoft Access; for example, you can make updates that can be immediately seen by other users.

Connect to WordPress as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

To connect to WordPress, set the URL property and other authentication properties. WordPress supports Basic (User and Password) and OAuth2.0 authentication, though Basic is recommended for a testing environment only. To connect with OAuth register an app with WordPress.

See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.

Create a Linked Table to Categories Data

Follow the steps below to create a linked table, which enables you to access live Categories data.

  1. On the External Data tab in Access, click ODBC Database. 👁 Use the Get External Data wizard to work with ODBC data sources in Access.
  2. Select the option to link to the data source. A linked table will enable you to read from and write data to the Categories table. 👁 Linked Tables enable you use the live connection to WordPress that is provided by the driver.

  3. Select the CData WordPress data source from the Machine Data Source tab.

    👁 DSNs listed in the Get External Data wizard.
  4. Select the Categories table. For more information on this table, see the "Data Model" chapter in the help documentation. 👁 Available tables. (Google is shown.)

  5. Double-click the linked table to make edits. The linked table will always have up-to-date data and any changes will be reflected back to the underlying table.

    👁 A linked table to the live data. (Google is shown.)

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