Access-to-Oracle via scripts

Hi,
I've been asked to export my Access 2000 database as scripts and data, for the DBA to import into Oracle 10.
I've been using 10g Express, SQL Developer and a multi-step procedure. Is there any easier/cleaner way to do this?
Thanks for your time.
Bruce

Bruce,
If you have the Oracle ODBC driver, you should be able to set up attached tables within Access and then "select into..."
or copy/paste to get the data into the Oracle tables. You should be able to search the Access help for "attached tables".
I think this minimizes the number of steps and the number of different tools to use.
Karl

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