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JDBC: Connectivity with Access without DSN (Data Source Name)

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In previous blogs you learn 5 steps to connect with database for MySQL and Oracle.

Here we will focus on two ways to connect java application with the access database.

  1. Without DSN (Data Source Name)
  2. With DSN

Example to Connect Java Application with access without DSN
In this example, we are going to connect the java program with the access database. Here, we have created the login table in the access database. There is only one column in the table named name. Let’s get all the name of the login table.

import java.sql.*;
class Test{
public static void main(String arg[]){
 try{
  String database="student.mdb";
//Here database exists in the current directory   

   String url="jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};
          DBQ=" + database + ";DriverID=22;READONLY=true";   

   Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
   Connection c=DriverManager.getConnection(url);
   Statement st=c.createStatement();
   ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery("select * from login");   

   while(rs.next()){
    System.out.println(rs.getString(1));
   }   

}catch(Exception ee){System.out.println(ee);}   

}}


Example to Connect Java Application with access with DSN
Connectivity with type-1 driver is not considered good. To connect java application with type-1 driver, create DSN first, here we are assuming your dsn name is mydsn.

import java.sql.*;
class Test{
public static void main(String ar[]){
 try{
   String url="jdbc:odbc:mydsn";
   Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
   Connection c=DriverManager.getConnection(url);
   Statement st=c.createStatement();
   ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery("select * from login");   

   while(rs.next()){
    System.out.println(rs.getString(1));
   }   

}catch(Exception ee){System.out.println(ee);}   

}}

Here you have learned both the ways to access with or without DSN (Data Source Name).

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