Access mdb without dsn PROBLEM !

Question

Hello , i am trying to connect to a Microsoft Access mdb file using the following code, but then connection i get us NULL, so i have a NullPointerException, i respect any help
thanks in advance
import java.sql.*;
public class testAccess{
public static void main( String [] args ) {
Connection c = null;
Statement stmnt = null;
try {
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
String myDB = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=C:/db1.mdb";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(myDB,"","");
stmnt = c.createStatement();
catch( Exception e ){
e.printStackTrace();
try{
stmnt.execute("CREATE TABLE thisTable (Name TEXT, LastName TEXT)");
catch (SQLException e){
System.err.println("Error al crear "+e);
// An exception would be raised if the table did not exist
// We just ignore it
finally{
try{
stmnt.close();
c.close();
catch( Exception e ){
e.printStackTrace();

Answer 1

You declare Connection c = null outside the try block, but then you do this:
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(myDB,"","");Change that line to this:
c = DriverManager.getConnection(myDB,"","");and all is well. - MOD