JDBC with ms-access?

Question

How to connect to a Microsoft Access-based database in a Windows using JDBC code?

What syntax is to be written for Type-1 and Type-4 types of the drivers?

Answer 1

You can use JDBC-ODBC bridge by calling:

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver")

Then you can use JDBC database URL in form:

jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\\Nwind.mdb

or if you configure your database in ODBC manager you can use its alias:

jdbc:odbc:northwind