java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver Exception occurring. Why?

Question

I have created an MS Access database and assigned a DSN to it. I want to access it through my Java application.

This is what I am doing:

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Answer 1

For Java 7 you can simply omit the Class.forName() statement as it is not really required.

For Java 8 you cannot use the JDBC-ODBC Bridge because it has been removed. You will need to use something like UCanAccess instead. For more information, see

Manipulating an Access database from Java without ODBC