Access database password

Hi
I have a heterogenous connection with MS Access. Before the access database is not password protected. Now its coming as password protected. I am not sure where I should provide the database password so that my dblinks would be active again.
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The accesss database is password protected at the database level. It doesn't have any user ID. So I can't give any values at Connect to <MS Access authorized username>. How do I handle this situation?

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* dbManager.java
* Created on 31 October 2005, 10:20
* To change this template, choose Tools | Options and locate the template under
* the Source Creation and Management node. Right-click the template and choose
* Open. You can then make changes to the template in the Source Editor.
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
* @author AUMahdavSe
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 /** Constant Declaration */
 public static final String Driver = "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
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 String sqlCreateTable = "create table TABLENAME (" +
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 "computerNAL varchar(20)," +
 "haveMonitor integer," +
 "monitorNAL varchar (20)," +
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 " (NAMEHOLDER, SURNAMEHOLDER, COMPTYPE, COMPNAL, HAVEMON, MONNAL);";
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 private String Password = "purina123"; // user input
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 private String dbPath; // set through config file or defaults to current folder
 private String configFile = "config.txt"; // set either at commandline or defaults to current folder
 private Connection con = null;
 private Statement stmt = null;
 private ResultSet tables;
 private DatabaseMetaData dma;
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 int numCols, i;
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 public void setPassword( String pswd ) {
 this.Password = pswd;
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 this.ODBCDataSource = ds;
 public void setDbURL( String dsname ) {
 this.dbURL = this.dbURL + dsname;
 /** Get Methodes */
 public String getDriver() {
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 // can be run only after a connection obj is setup
 public void getMDA() {
 try {
 this.dma = this.con.getMetaData();
 catch (SQLException ex) {
 System.err.println("database connection: " + ex.getMessage());
 public void getDBTables() {
 //now dump out the names of the tables in the database
 String[] types = new String[1];
 types[0] = "TABLES"; //set table type mask
 //note the %-sign is a wild card (not '*')
 try {
 this.tables = this.dma.getTables(null, null, "%", types);
 dumpResults("--Tables--");
 this.tables.close();
 //this.listTables();
 catch (SQLException ex) {
 System.err.println("database connection: " + ex.getMessage());
 // listing tables
 /*int count = 0;
 int numCols = 0;
 //ResultSetMetaData rsmd;
 try {
 System.out.println("Listing db tables ...");
 //this.tables.beforeFirst();
 rsmd = this.tables.getMetaData();
 numCols = rsmd.getColumnCount();
 System.out.println("number of cols: " + numCols);
 boolean more = this.tables.first();
 System.out.println("this is why: " + more);
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 System.out.print( "Table-" + count + " -> " + this.tables.getString(count)+" " );
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 catch ( SQLException ex ) {
 System.out.println( "problem listing db tables: " + ex.getMessage() );
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 try {
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 try {
 String sqlcommand = mergeTblName(sqlCreateTable, tblname);
 this.stmt.execute( sqlcommand );
 catch (SQLException ex) {
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 ": "+ex.getMessage());
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 // and closes db connection
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 try {
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 this.stmt.execute( sqlstmt );
 this.con.close();
 } catch (Exception e) {
 System.err.println("problems with SQL sent to "+this.dbURL+
 ": "+e.getMessage());
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 //now dump out the names of the tables in the database
 int count = 0;
 try {
 System.out.println("Listing db tables ...");
 //this.tables.beforeFirst();
 while ( this.tables.next() ) {
 count++;
 System.out.print( "Table-" + count + " -> " + this.tables.getString(1) );
 System.out.println();
 catch ( SQLException ex ) {
 System.out.println( "problem listing db tables: " + ex.getMessage() );
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 // this function has to be called after dbConnect
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 boolean tbexists = false;
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 try {
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 catch (SQLException ex) {
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 types[0] = "TABLES"; //set table type mask
 //note the %-sign is a wild card (not '*')
 try {
 tables = dma.getTables(null, null, "%", types);
 catch (SQLException ex) {
 System.err.println("database connection: " + ex.getMessage());
 try {
 while ( tables.next() ) {
 if ( tbname.equalsIgnoreCase( tables.getString(1) ) ) {
 tbexists = true;
 catch ( SQLException ex ) {
 System.err.println("database connection: " + ex.getMessage());
 return tbexists;
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 String INPUT = sqlcommand;
 String REPLACE = tbname;
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 //System.out.println(INPUT);
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 public String mergeFldName( Message msg ) {
 String sqlcommand;
 sqlcommand = "insert into TABLENAME values" +
 " ('" + msg.getName() + "', '" + msg.getSurname() + "', " +
 msg.getComputerType() + ", '" + msg.getComputerNAL() + "', " +
 msg.getHaveMonitor() + ", '" + msg.getMonitorNAL() + "', '" +
 msg.getDateOfMsg() + "');";
 sqlcommand = mergeTblName( sqlcommand, CurrentAuditTable );
 return sqlcommand;
 // get users input char
 /**public char getChar() {
 int i = System.in.read();
 while (i != -1) {
 // here's your character
 char c = (char) i;
 i = System.in.read();
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 //...checks on configFile are elided
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 //declared here only to make visible to finally clause
 BufferedReader input = null;
 try {
 //use buffering
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 input = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(configFile) );
 String line = null; //not declared within while loop
 int count = 0;
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 count++;
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 System.err.println("the file congif.txt cannot be found ...");
 System.err.print("Enter the path to db file (e.g. c:\\temp): ");
 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
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 try {
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 catch (IOException ioe) {
 System.out.println("IO error trying to read user input.");
 System.exit(1);
 System.err.print("Enter the name of the ODBC Data Source: ");
 // read the ODBC Data Source name from the command-line; need to use try/catch with the
 // readLine() method
 try {
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 catch (IOException ioe) {
 System.out.println("IO error trying to read user input.");
 System.exit(1);
 ex.printStackTrace();
 catch (IOException ex){
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 finally {
 try {
 if (input!= null) {
 //flush and close both "input" and its underlying FileReader
 input.close();
 catch (IOException ex) {
 //ex.printStackTrace();
 //return contents.toString();
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 // get username
 System.out.print("Enter username for the ODBC DataSource: ");
 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 // read the username from the command-line; need to use try/catch with the
 // readLine() method
 try {
 this.setUsername( br.readLine() );
 catch (IOException ioe) {
 System.out.println("IO error trying to read username.");
 System.exit(1);
 // get password
 System.out.print("Enter password: ");
 // read the username from the command-line; need to use try/catch with the
 // readLine() method
 try {
 this.setPassword( br.readLine() );
 catch (IOException ioe) {
 System.out.println("IO error trying to read password.");
 System.exit(1);
 private void dumpResults(String head)
 //this is a general routine to print out
 //column headers and the contents of each column
 System.out.println(head);
 try
 //get the number of columns from the metadata
 this.rsmd = this.tables.getMetaData();
 numCols = this.rsmd.getColumnCount();
 //print out the column names
 for (i = 1; i<= numCols; i++)
 System.out.print(rsmd.getColumnName(i)+" ");
 System.out.println();
 //print out the column contents
 boolean more = this.tables.next();
 while (more)
 for (i = 1; i <= numCols; i++)
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 System.out.println();
 more = this.tables.next();
 catch(Exception e)
 {System.out.println(e.getMessage());}
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 public dbManager() {
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Enter username for the ODBC DataSource: admin
Enter password: purina123
Tables
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 class ClientServiceThread extends Thread
 Socket m_clientSocket;
 int m_clientID = -1;
 dbManager m_db;
 boolean m_bRunThread = true;
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 // A good practice is to encapsulate them with a BufferedReader
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 BufferedReader in = null;
 PrintWriter out = null;
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 in.close();
 out.close();
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I find that taking any problem and reducing it to the simplest thing is the best way to approach it.
Why you had to post all that bloody code (especially since you didn't write it) is beyond me.
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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jdom.Document;
import org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter;
public class TableLister
 public static final String DRIVER = "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
 public static final String DATABASE = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\\Edu\\Java\\Forum\\DataConnection.mdb";
 public static final String USERNAME = "admin";
 public static final String PASSWORD = "";
 public static void main(String [] args)
 try
 String driver = ((args.length > 0) ? args[0] : DRIVER);
 String url = ((args.length > 1) ? args[1] : DATABASE);
 String username = ((args.length > 2) ? args[2] : USERNAME);
 String password = ((args.length > 3) ? args[3] : PASSWORD);
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 Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
 DatabaseMetaData meta = conn.getMetaData();
 // Bring back ALL tables and views, including SYSTEM tables.
 ResultSet tables = meta.getTables(null, null, null, null);
 ResultSetMetaData rsmd = tables.getMetaData();
 int numColumns = rsmd.getColumnCount();
 List columnNames = new ArrayList();
 for (int j = 0; j < numColumns; ++j)
 columnNames.add(rsmd.getColumnName(j+1));
 Element root = new Element("tables");
 int tableCount = 0;
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 Element table = new Element("table");
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 Element column = new Element((String)columnNames.get(j));
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 root.addContent(table);
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 XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter(" ", true);
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 System.err.println("Couldn't load JDBC driver class");
 e.printStackTrace();
 catch (SQLException e)
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 System.err.println("SQL error: " + e.getErrorCode());
 e.printStackTrace();
 catch (Exception e)
 e.printStackTrace();
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%

Query MS Access Database

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Firstly - I created a Java program to test the JDBC ODBC connection - this worked fine - ran queries and updated OK (code is attached)
Howver I have tried connecting to Access from within Livecycle in two different ways - both are failing
Firstly - using the JNDI setup for JDBC ODBC e.g.
<datasources>
<local-tx-datasource>
 <jndi-name>MSAccess_DS</jndi-name>
 
 <connection-url>jdbc:odbc:DBFormData</connection-url>
 <driver-class>sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver</driver-class>
 <user-name></user-name>
 <password></password>
</local-tx-datasource>
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While trying to import to MSSQL2012 from SSDT using the wizard from an Access 2013 DB (.accdb) which is password protected, I get the following error with the username blank and the password field correctly populated:
Cannot start your application. The workgroup information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user. (MicrosoftOffice Access Database Engine)
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I can point the wizard to some local version of system.mdw at Advanced -> All -> Jet OLEDB:System Database, and then the error becomes:
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Questions:
1. Why does this data source insist on looking for a workgroup information file even though user-level security should be disabled?
2. Why does the Open dialog box for the Microsoft Access Database Engine have *.mdb as the only selectable filetype?
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Hi JordanPG,
To connect to Access 2007 or later database, we need the Microsoft ACE 12.0 OLE DB driver. SQL Server only installs the Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB driver which can be used to connect to Access 2003 or earlier database. Besides, the Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB
driver only has 32-bit version, but the Microsoft ACE 12.0 OLE DB driver has both 32-bit and 64-bit version. However, the 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft ACE 12.0 OLE DB drivers cannot be installed on a single server.
According to your description, you can use the 64-bit SQL Server Import and Export Wizard to load data from the Access database, so the 64-bit Microsoft ACE 12.0 OLE DB driver is installed on your computer. Since the BIDS/SSDT is a 32-bit application, the
64-bit Microsoft ACE 12.0 OLE DB Provider is not visible in BIDS/SSDT. So, when you said that you select “Microsoft Access (Microsoft Access Database Engine)" in the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard (it is actually the 32-bit version) started by the SSDT,
I think it should be “Microsoft Access (Microsoft Jet Database Engine)”. Because the Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB driver only supports Access 2003 or earlier format, it threw the error “Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. Unrecognized
database format 'C:\myDB.accdb'”.
In this situation, you have two approaches to avoid this issue:
Launch the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard (64-bit), and select “Save SSIS Package” to “File System” on the “Save and Run Package” page. Then, the package will be saved to a specified directory. After that, you can add this existing package to a SSIS
project. The status of the corresponding OLE DB Connection Manager should be Work Offline, or the OLE DB Source will throw an error about 32-bit driver if the Connection Manager is not in Work Offline status, you can ignore that and the package can run successfully
in SSDT as long as the project is set to run in 64-bit runtime mode.
However, for the SSDT 2012 integrated with Visual Studio 2012, the 64-bit runtime mode is disabled. In this situation, to run the package in SSDT, you have to uninstall the 64-bit Microsoft ACE 12.0 OLE DB drivers and install the 32-bit one. Here is the
download link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=13255
Regards,
Mike Yin
TechNet Community Support

Access database/ java application/ jdbc odbc

i am building an access database with a java application and get the following error message when i try to run the application. the log in window that i have does not have a password text field, only a field for the odbc name.
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Not a valid password.
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(JdbcOdbc.java:6106)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(JdbcOdbc.java:6263)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLDriverConnect(JdbcOdbc.java:2488)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.initialize(JdbcOdbcConnection.java:317)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(JdbcOdbcDriver.java:160)

User/password are usually necessary to set up the ODBC source. So you may need find out who set up your ODBC source. Or you need find the correct user/password and reset the ODBC source.
PC

Java and Access database

Hello,
I have an application with an access database. The access database (the access file) is in the same directory as all java files in c:\programs\eclipse\workspace\javaBooks.
The connection method looks as follows:
public boolean getConnection(String url,String user, String passw)
try
     Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
     con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,user,passw);
DatabaseMetaData dbmd = con.getMetaData();
     System.out.println("Connected to " + dbmd.getURL());
     System.out.println("Version " + dbmd.getDriverVersion());
     System.out.println("DBMS: " + dbmd.getDatabaseProductName());
     return true;
     //System.out.println("AutoCommit: " + con.getAutoCommit());
     //rs=dbmd.getTables(null,"%","%",null); // Driver is not capable!
     catch (java.sql.SQLException e)
          System.err.println("Can't connect to database");
          System.err.println(e.getMessage());
          return false;
     catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
          System.err.println("Can't connect to database");
          System.err.println(e.getMessage());
          return false;
At the beginning when I start the application a form is displayed where I have to indicate an url and a password.
Does anybody know how I have to configure the corresponding things to use the database with the application?

You access (ahem) Access through the JdbcOdbcDriver,
which comes with Java.Not bad, not bad.
World spins
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SQL Developer and Access with password issue

I have Windows 7 64bits, Developer Version 2.1.1.64 and Access 2007.
Created a MDB file added 2 tables, enabled de system tables and set a password.
I try to configure connection but it gives a "Not Valid Password" error.
I use on username: Admin
And the password I'd set.
What could be the error?
I unset the password and it works fine.

The password I had set was Database password and not user login so maybe there's no hope on this one, for now...

Crystal Reports and Access database connection error

I had this in a different forum with no hits, so I am trying this one.
A person that I work with has multiple reports set up that pulls from an Access database that is password protected. When we moved everything over to a new computer, those reports now say that it cannot access the fields inside the database. It never pops up with a login screen either, like it does on the old computer. I played around with the ODBC, with no luck, couldn't get anything to work. I have also tryed relinking the database, but I keep getting connection problems. We are on a network, so her settings should have all moved with the new computer. Along with the database and the reports being on the server, so they were never moved. I am thinking it has something to do with a system file.
I also found this document on this site, but cannot find the download it mentions, sounds similar to my problem.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/208b8fe5-681e-2b10-d2bb-b201f266d0ab
Does anybody know how to fix this without the utility mentioned in the above link, or know where I can get the utility??
We are using Access 2007 and Crystal Reports 7. The database is not save as an Access 2007 database, but a regular mdb.
Please Help!

Post Author: ejthunder
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Hello Chris,
Crystal Reports does not store the database password with the RPT file. This is by design (Crystal is not a database security product). This is true of all versions of Crystal Reports.
If your users need to see fresh data when opening the reports then they will have to log in by providing at least the password.
You can send reports with Saved Data that won't try to hit the database, but the data won't refresh either. To save data with the report go to the File menu and click next to Save Data with Report. Refresh the report and then save it. The report will now have saved data and won't try to hit the database when opened. If the user hits the refresh button then they will get prompted to log into the database.
I hope this helps.
EJ

SetDataSource not working for Web App Access database

I have a web app developed using VS 2008 that is using Crystal Reports to produce bar graphs. The data is held in an Access database. I developed the report using an Access database located in the App_Data directory.
I have the following code on the page load event.
   Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
        con.ConnectionString = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("strConnect").ToString
        Dim path1 As String = "|DataDirectory|\ForthWorthISD.mdb"
        Dim report As CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument = New BuildingUsage
        report.Load(Server.MapPath("BuildingUsage.rpt"))
        Dim com As New OleDb.OleDbCommand
        com.CommandType = CommandType.Text
        com.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM tblFWISDBuildingUsage WHERE BuildingName = '" & Session("BuildingName") & "'"
        com.Connection = con
        Dim adp As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
        adp.SelectCommand = com
        Dim ds As New Data.DataSet
        Dim result As Integer = adp.Fill(ds)
        Try
            report.SetDataSource(ds)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Dim fubar As String = "Fubar"
        End Try
        Label2.Text = Session("BuildingName") & "      Monthy kWh"
        Label3.Text = "January 2006 Thru December 2008"
        CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = report
    End Sub
I have checked the DataSet after the fill and everything appears to be correct. There is only one row in the table
However the report is showing the entire table.
I have also tried setting the datasource to the datatable of the dataset with the same result.
How can I get this to work?

Hi Bob,
You stated that you designed the report against the access database itself correct?
Are there usenames and passwords required to access the db?
What looks like is happening is if you designed the report against the database instead of against an xsd file (which if you are using datasets should be done) then it has the access info stored so just hits it and pulls all the data.
Try outputting the schema of the dataset and do a set location in the designer to the xsd instead of the access db then try passing the dataset.
Jason

Using JSP to connect to an Access Database

I need help on using JSP to connect to an Access database.
This is the code I currently have connecting to a mySQL DB. I need to change it to connect to an Access DB. The reason I am switching DB's is because mySQL is no longer going to be carried by my host.
Here is the code:
<html>
<head>
<basefont face="Arial">
</head>
<body>
<%@ page language="java" import="java.sql.*" %>
<%!
// define variables
String UId;
String FName;
String LName;
// define database parameters
String host="localhost";
String user="us867";
String pass="jsf84d";
String db="db876";
String conn;
%>
<table border="2" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>Owner</td>
<td>First name</td>
<td>Last name</td>
</tr>
<%
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");
// create connection string
conn = "jdbc:mysql://" + host + "/" + db + "?user=" + user + "&password=" +
pass;
// pass database parameters to JDBC driver
Connection Conn = DriverManager.getConnection(conn);
// query statement
Statement SQLStatement = Conn.createStatement();
// generate query
String Query = "SELECT uid, fname, lname FROM abook";
// get result
ResultSet SQLResult = SQLStatement.executeQuery(Query);
 while(SQLResult.next())
 UId = SQLResult.getString("uid");
 FName = SQLResult.getString("fname");
 LName = SQLResult.getString("lname");
 out.println("<tr><td>" + UId + "</td><td>" + FName + "</td><td>" + LName
+ "</td></tr>");
// close connection
SQLResult.close();
SQLStatement.close();
Conn.close();
%>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Thank You,
Josh

<%@ page language="java"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>
First Bean
</title>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
</head>
<body>

<%!
Connection con;
Statement st;
ResultSet rs;
String userid;
String password;
%>
<%!public void db(JspWriter out)
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:phani");
catch(Exception e){}
try{
st=con.createStatement();
rs=st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM login");
while(rs.next())
userid=rs.getString("userid");
password=rs.getString("password");
out.println(userid);
out.println("");
out.println(password);
 out.println("");
}catch(Exception e){}
try{
con.close();
}catch(Exception e){}
%>
<%db(out);%>

</body>
</html>
phani is dsn name
login is table name
Good luck
phani

Forms 6i: working with Microsot access database

I have developed a form that works with a Microsoft Access database instead of an Oracle database (I use ODBC). The form has a block based in a table named dias and this block has a column named dia based in the column dia.
When I try to compile this program unit:
PROCEDURE pru IS
BEGIN
select dia from dias;
END;
appears the following error: error 201, el identificador dia debe declararse (you have got to declare dia)
And if I try to compile this:
PROCEDURE pru IS
BEGIN
select dias.dia from dias;
END;
appears the following error: error 414,no hay ninguna columna dia en la tabla (there is not any column named dia in the table)
The :system.last_query variable is "select dia from dias" when I do a query.
Please, I need your help urgently.
Thanks,
Sara

Try this:
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put ("user", user);
props.put ("password", password);
props.put ("charSet", "UTF8");
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