Importing Csv Files to Access

Sharmeen Amir11G1

STEP 1Open the Database you want to import the file in.Give your database a suitable name, and click on ‘Create’.

Step 2Select the ‘External Data’, and click on ‘Text File’ in that group.

Step 3After 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 4Next 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 6Make no changes, and click next to continue to the next screen.

STEP 7On 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 8Choose a specific name for your table and click finish.

Step 9Click close, and the table will appear in the database.

This is what your table will look like in the end.