Automatically registering ODBC Database in Windows

[Ricardo Marques]

Hi everybody.
I am developing an application in Java which needs to access a Database via JDBC/ODBC in Windows (it will always run in Windows, that is one of the client's pre-requisites...).
Assuming that my client has already installed Office (with Access) ODBC will be available. What I need to know is out to set up a database as an ODBC service.
I don't want to do it manually (Control Panel, ODBC, ...), but instead I wish to do it in somekind of script-like manner so that it can be done at install time, when my application is installed.
I don't think that this forum is the most appropriate, but it is certainly worth trying.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Ricardo Marques

[Blake Minghelli]

You'll want to avoid using the ODBC bridge driver unless you have to. What kind of database is your app connecting to (e.g. mssql, mysql, oracle, etc)? Does the db vendor offer a jdbc driver for it?

[Ricardo Marques]

The database is ACCESS. It has to be. It's a prerequisite.
How do I connect to an ACCESS Database if it is not via JDBC-ODBC bridge? Thanks you.