Question

Using C, I am trying to create an Access 2007 database file using ODBC by way of the SQLConfigDataSource function.

char szDriverName[] = "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)";
char szAttr[] = "CREATE_DB=c:\access2007.accdb";
SQLConfigDataSource(NULL, ODBC_ADD_DSN, szDriverName, szAttr);

I want the file extension of the new database to be .accdb but when I run the code above, I always get c:\access2007.accdb.mdb. I can specify 12.x (accdb) or 4.x (mdb) from ODBC Admin as in the image below, but how do I do it via ODBC API?

I am able to create the User DSN, however I feel that it is also in the wrong format as I have not tested it.

How do I define the Format Version using ODBC/Access API?

Answer 1

Use CREATE_DBV12:

char szDriverName[] = "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)";
char szAttr[] = "CREATE_DBV12=c:\access2007.accdb";
SQLConfigDataSource(NULL, ODBC_ADD_DSN, szDriverName, szAttr);