Your complete guide to escaping Microsoft Access
Practical, no-nonsense guides for IT professionals, consultants, and business owners who need to move beyond Access — without breaking their business in the process.
7 books covering every stage of your migration journey
Why your Access database needs to change — and what it actually takes. The complete planning guide with honest assessments of every migration option.
Available Now — $19.99 Learn more →SQL Server vs. MySQL vs. MariaDB vs. PostgreSQL — feature-by-feature comparison, benchmarks, cost analysis, and recommendations for your situation.
Available Now — $24.99 Learn more →Step-by-step migration guide. SSMA walkthrough, T-SQL conversion, ODBC setup, and solutions for the 50 most common issues.
Available Now — $29.99 Learn more →Complete migration walkthrough using MySQL Workbench and manual methods. MySQL-specific gotchas and performance tuning.
Available Now — $29.99 Learn more →MySQL-compatible migration with MariaDB-specific features and advantages. Cost-effective open-source path.
Available Now — $29.99 Learn more →Migration guide for the most standards-compliant open-source database. psycopg2 setup, dialect differences, and query optimization.
Available Now — $34.99 Learn more →Quick-reference troubleshooting guide for post-migration problems. Find the fix fast when something goes wrong.
Available Now — $19.99 Learn more →Quick-reference guides for your desk during migration
Data type mapping, function translation, and connection string reference for Access to SQL Server migration.
$4.99 Get it on Gumroad →Data type mapping, function translation, and connection string reference for Access to MySQL migration.
$4.99 Get it on Gumroad →Data type mapping, function translation, and connection string reference for Access to MariaDB migration.
$4.99 Get it on Gumroad →Data type mapping, function translation, and connection string reference for Access to PostgreSQL migration.
$4.99 Get it on Gumroad →Side-by-side function comparison across all four target databases. One sheet to rule them all.
$7.99 Get it on Gumroad →Save with bundled packages
All 5 migration guides (Books 3–7). Everything you need for any target database.
SAVE 25% $109.99 Get it on Gumroad →Book 3 (Access to SQL Server) + SQL Server Cheat Sheet Pack.
$31.99 Get it on Gumroad →Book 5 (Access to MariaDB) + MariaDB Cheat Sheet Pack.
$31.99 Get it on Gumroad →Book 6 (Access to PostgreSQL) + PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet Pack.
$36.99 Get it on Gumroad →All 7 books + all 13 cheat sheets. The complete library for consultants and IT teams.
BEST VALUE $129.99 Get it on Gumroad →Download these free checklists and assessments
Self-assessment guide to help you decide if migration is the right move for your situation.
FREE Download free →Everything to verify before you start your migration. Don't skip this step.
FREE Download free →Systematic verification that everything migrated correctly. Catch problems before your users do.
FREE Download free →When something breaks post-migration, start here. Systematic diagnosis for common issues.
FREE Download free →A.F. Cross has spent decades working with database systems — from the "quick little Access databases" that grew into mission-critical systems to the enterprise platforms that replaced them.
This series was born from years of seeing the same migrations go wrong in the same ways, and from the realization that most available guidance is either vendor marketing or too abstract to be actionable.
These books are written for the people who actually have to do the work — not the ones who approve the budget.
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