awiner
Well-known member
Another question for any Wildlife Recorder users out there...
I've found that it's not that hard to read .mdb files directly, and that Wildlife Recorder backups contain such .mdb files ("So-and-so Birding Records.mdb"). If I use that code, Scythebill can import all the Wildlife Recorder data in one shot (at least, one per taxonomy), without any need to perform per-country exports and separate location exports. I think this will be a dramatically better experience. (And if people take advantage of Scythebill just to move Wildlife Recorder into eBird or make it easier to get it into iGoTerra, I'm still happy!)
The question: are .mdb files available without doing a Wildlife Recorder backup?
I've found that it's not that hard to read .mdb files directly, and that Wildlife Recorder backups contain such .mdb files ("So-and-so Birding Records.mdb"). If I use that code, Scythebill can import all the Wildlife Recorder data in one shot (at least, one per taxonomy), without any need to perform per-country exports and separate location exports. I think this will be a dramatically better experience. (And if people take advantage of Scythebill just to move Wildlife Recorder into eBird or make it easier to get it into iGoTerra, I'm still happy!)
The question: are .mdb files available without doing a Wildlife Recorder backup?
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