Excel DB: Operation must use an updateable query

Question

for a jdbc program, im required to make a connection an excel database. the connection is successfully made but wen entering values into it, its giving an \"Operation must u

Answer 1

Did you specifically state that the connection was readwrite in your connection string?

I am not familiar with JDBC, but ODBC would be:

"Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};" & _
"DBQ=C:\MyFolder\MyWorkbook.xls; ReadOnly=False;"

Excel is read-only by default: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257819

Answer 2

It was just needed to uncheck the read only while creating the DSN.