JDBC:ODBC without ODBC data source?

[Jochen van Waasen]

Hi!
Is it possible to access a database with jdbcodbc bridge without generating an ODBC data source?
I have learned in the MS world it is possible to do something like this:
"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=c:\somepath\dbname.mdb;Uid=Admin;Pwd=pass;"
The above allows to access an Access DB without configuring an ODBC data source.
Can this be done in JAVA? How can this be done?
Kind regards
Jochen

[Bosun Bello]

I believe it can. I have seen something like that posted to this forum You may want to use the search button to search the forum.

[Jochen van Waasen]

Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc : odbc : Driver={Microsoft Access Driver *.mdb)};DBQ=E:\\Dircetory\\DB.mdb","user","password");

Jochen
[ April 26, 2002: Message edited by: Jochen van Waasen ]

[Jamie Robertson]

I'm only reposting because spacing matters, and after editing out those graemlins, I believe their will be spacing errors...plus I have this code piece ready for this post! REMEMBER, cut and paste with exact spacing the code and only change the name of your database and the location (without messing the spaces up!)

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
//connection is for Microsoft Access 97 driver 4.0 and up
//to check your driver version:
//click Start->
//Settings->
//Control Panel->
//ODBC Data Sources (32bit)->
//Drivers tab->
//Should display Microsoft Access Driver(*.mdb) - version x.xx.xxxx.xx
//for this connection, the database named 'emp' should be located at: C:\temp\data\emp.mdb
Connection sconn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Driver={MicroSoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=C:\\temp\\data\\emp.mdb","Admin","");

Jamie
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