Question

I’m looking to create a Java program that retrieves data from Microsoft Access database (and possible store onto it).

Is this possible? If yes, is it complicated to do? Also are there any examples of Java programs (or code) that does this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, it’s perfectly possible. Java’s JDBC-ODBC bridge is your best friend for this.

First, you need to configure an ODBC access to your MSAccess database.

Then, you need this simple piece of code:

import java.sql.*;

public class AccessManager {

    private Connection con;
    private Statement st;
    private static final String url="jdbc:odbc:my_access_odbc_dsn";
    private static final String className="sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
    private static final String user="";
    private static final String pass="";

    AccessManager()throws Exception {
        Class.forName(className);
        con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pass);
        st = con.createStatement(); 
        // you can do select, insert, update, delete from 
    }
}