When you say "without loading it up into MS Access", do you mean "without interactively running MS Access", or do you mean "without using the MS Access database engine"?

If they are static files, your best bet is whip up a Win32 Perl script to extract the databases from the gzips, load them up using DBI::ODBC, and them write them out again in the format or database of your choice. Is there a reason you need to actually perform the extraction on Solaris? 

   MeowChow                                               
                print $/='"',(`$^X\144oc $^X\146aq1`)[-2]

In reply to Re: Read static .MDB files? by MeowChow
in thread Read static .MDB files? by tanfur

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.