Question

Im coonecting to access database using the below connection string :

      string strConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\\Users\\Sally\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2010\\Projects\\StudentsApplication\\StudentsApplication\\School\\School.accdb";

but it’s giving me an error Unrecognized database format. is the connection string wrong?

Answer 1

Try with this ,

Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.mdb;Jet OLEDB:System Database=system.mdw;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;