Removal of JDBC ODBC bridge in java 8

Question

Starting with Java 8, the JDBC-ODBC Bridge will no longer be included with the JDK.

Class.forName(\"sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver\"); // classNotFoundExceptio         


        

Answer 1

I found a reasonable solution that allows for use of existing code with a change only to open database connection logic.

UCanAccess is an open-source, JDBC driver.

http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html

That has two dependencies, one of which has two more dependencies.

jackcess-2.0.0.jar or later

commons-lang-2.4.jar

commons-logging-1.0.4.jar

hsqldb.jar(2.2.5)

Those are all open-source. Do an internet search, download, unzip if necessary and put all four jars plus the one for UCanAccess in a directory in your project (e.g. JDBC-to-MSAccess). If using Ecplise, add to your build path by choosing from the menu "Project / Properties / Java Compiler / Libraries / Add External JARs" and select all five jar files.

The connection logic is really simple:

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String strConnectionString = "";
Connection conAdministrator = null;

// Register driver
Class.forName( "net.ucanaccess.jdbc.UcanaccessDriver" );

// System.getProperty( "user.dir" ) => Current working directory from where application was started

strConnectionString = "jdbc:ucanaccess://" + System.getProperty( "user.dir" )  + "\\Your-database-name.";

// Open a connection to the database
conAdministrator = DriverManager.getConnection( strConnectionString );