Accessing MS Access Database with Java

January 23rd, 2008 | by programming |

1. Create a DNS name for your Access Database(*.mdb file) which you want to connect.

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Data sources

Select Access in User Data Source

Click Create

Select Microsoft Access Driver

Click OK

Give a DSN Name and Descripton

Select the database *.mdb file

Click OK twice.

2. Now you have to use the DNS name (*) in establishing the connection in your java code as follows:

// my DNS name is MyOwn_DSN. you should have JDBCODBC Driver in your class path

DBInterface()
{
try
{
Class.forName(”sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver”);
_pConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(”jdbc:odbc:MyOwn_DSN”,”",”");
_pStatement = _pConnection.createStatement();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
_bSavedStatus = false;
_sMessage = e.getMessage();
}
}

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