topic Access 2013 Dataabase Compatibility in AutoCAD Forum

topic Access 2013 Dataabase Compatibility in AutoCAD Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/access-2013-dataabase-compatibility/m-p/5616728#M330840 I am using AutoCad 2013, installed in a Windows 8.1 64 bit machine along with a 32 bit version of Windows Office that includes 32 bit Access. From what I read, the following databases are supposed to be complatible with AutoCad 2013: Microsoft Access dBase Microsoft Excel Oracle Paradox Microsoft Visual FoxPro SQL Server SQL Server Express Microsoft Access is, for me precluded since it is incompatible with my 64 bit Autocad. Furthermore, the standard Admin Command line install of the 64 bit Access Runtime using the /passive flag fails for me. It works for others apparently but not for me. That's a dead end. dBase, Paradox, FoxPro also old and forgotten by most of us. More dead ends. Oracle? Don't even think about it. I assume that Excel is out for the same reasons that Access cannot be made to work. That leaves me with SQL and SQL Server Express as my only choice if I want to utilize a database to store external data. QUESTIONS: 1. Can I get connectivity between SQL Server and AutoCad 2013?2. Can I get connectivity between SQL Server Express and AutoCad 2013?3. If yes, what are the tradeoffs? Would the free Express version be good enough? ip2  Sun, 03 May 2015 16:09:56 GMT Anonymous 2015-05-03T16:09:56Z