Connecting to an SQL Server 2000 Database

Question

Hi!
I am trying to make a connection to a database created from SQL Server 2000. However, I don't know how to do it. Can anyone please help? How would the Java code different from the code we use to connect to a database created from MS Access?
jt

Answer 1

Hi Hartmut,
I have a program which inserts a date into a table.
I use a dsn configured to a database (as you've
suggested). In my case, it's MS Access:
private boolean writeToMSAccess(Hashtable ht) {
    // Build sql statement;
    // we use of # around the date, for MS Access.
    String sql =
        "INSERT INTO Broadcast (Author, BroadcastTime, Title, Length, BroadcastGroup,Link) " +
        "VALUES ('" + (String)ht.get("author") + "', " +
        "#" + date + "#, " +
        .... + "')";
        // Connect to the database, execute the sql.
        // dsn is passed into the program
        Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
        String url = "jdbc:odbc:" + dsn;
        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, login, password);
        Statement  stmt = conn.createStatement();
        stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
        stmt.close();
        conn.close();
        return true;
    }Now if I point my DSN to SQL Server for example,
it won't work b/c of the # marks. I'd have to change:
    String sql =
        "INSERT INTO Broadcast (Author, BroadcastTime, Title, Length, BroadcastGroup,Link) " +
        "VALUES ('" + (String)ht.get("author") + "', " +
        "#" + date + "#, " +
        .... + "')";to:
    String sql =
        "INSERT INTO Broadcast (Author, BroadcastTime, Title, Length, BroadcastGroup,Link) " +
        "VALUES ('" + (String)ht.get("author") + "', " +
        "'" + date + "', " +
        .... + "')";My question is, is there a way to detect which database
my dsn points to, so that I can determine at run-time
whether or not to use the # marks?
Or is there another way around this problem?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
-alex