JDBC & Microsoft Access

Can someone point me to an example of using MS Access through JDBC? I'm hoping to find an example which doesn't rely on the DSN being already created. In Visual Basic Access is a 'native driver', meaning I don't need a DSN for it. Can I get JDBC to do this? Does Java have a 'native driver' itself?
Thanks!

I do believe the only way of doing this is through native code, using system calls, etc... If your familiar with vc++ the task, Im assuming is probably not all to difficult. Codeguru.com hosts a very nice forum for vc++ and Im sure some one there could point you in the right direction. Once you have a small native application to handle that task, youdeither run it directly from java, or use jni... In my opinion this more trouble than its worth and furthermore destroys portability...
Currently working on a database program and wanting to be able to deliver it to the desktop, I have opted to use HSQL a pure java opensource database as a default, and well the option of configuring any other database the user desires... Youd probably want to talk to some windows programmers as they will most likely be able to provide you with info you need to tackle the problem.

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JDBC driver for Microsoft Access

Hi, I have gone through the blogs and threads related to this topic. I found contradicting threads one saying we need to deploy Access JDBC driver and another saying no need to deploy JDBC driver for Access.
Integrate PI7.0 with MS Access 2003 Database - Says need to install driver for Access
Re: Problem when connecting to MS Access through JDBC Adapter. - Says no need to install driver for Access
I am now confused if I need to ask my Basis team to deploy driver for this. If some one has executed this scenario successfully, could you please confirm whether a driver needs to be installed or not. Also if it is required to install a driver, could you please let me know from where I can download the driver.
My PI version is 7.1 and Access version is MS Access 2007. PI is deployed on Linux.
Without asking for deploying driver I have configured scenario File->PI->Access and I am getting below error in my receiver JDBC communication channel.
"Message processing failed. Cause: com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: Error when attempting to get processing resources: com.sap.aii.af.lib.util.concurrent.ResourcePoolException: Unable to create new pooled resource: DriverManagerException: Can not establish connection:: SAPClassNotFoundException: jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
Please suggest how to resolve this issue.
Regards, Prasad

Hi .
The format for Access 2007 is accdb . Are you using this format or MDB?
Anyway try this:
Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};Dbq=C:\Test\TestDB.accdb;Uid=Admin;Pwd=;

Retrieving data from Microsoft Access using JDBC

I noticed that when i tried retrieving data from Microsoft access using JDBC, I realised that it was throwing SQLException when the column names were two word with spaces between them, e.g. Date Birth. But after i removed the space from the column names, my SQL queries were retrieving data. Was it because of the space in between the column names of the table?

Yeah, as far as I know having two word column names isn't allowed in SQL. There might be some way to escape it, but generally it's sensible to avoid it.

Is there any way of importing stuffs from Microsoft Access to SQL Server?

I have quite a big store of information Microsoft Access DB, but now i am required to switch to SQL Server?
Is there any way of importing to SQL Server, either by Java programming or manually?
Thank you in advance.

I like to give some tips on how to fulfil the requirement.. I haven't tried this. If you succeeded, it is well and good.
1) Using Java:
If you like to Java to import the data from MS Access to SQL Server, you have to write a JDBC Program in such a way that it has to retrieve the data from each MSAccess tables and store it in temperory java varaible.After writng into the temp. varaibles, the same thing will be written into SQL Server. The whole process is repeated for all the tables in MS Access.
2) Manual Process:
Try to get the data scripts from MS-Access for all the tables and Load the same into SQL Server
I hope that Manual Process consumes less time compared in writing the codes for transformation..
I hope that you got some idea on reading this. If you have any doubts, try to get back to me..

Data Migration from Microsoft Access to Oracle 9i

Dear All
This is my first request in your forum,My problem is that I have installed SQL developer but unable to migrate my MDB (Microsoft access file) into Oracle 9i,I have done the following activities in order to migrate data.
open sql developer
under migration,click quick migration
quick migration wizard diaglog box appear,click new,
in the oracle tab, input the following information
input connection name 'zuhair',give user name and password (sys/s),check save password option,give role "sysdba" ,give connection type "basic",didnt check any any check box like os authorization and others,give host name 'zkhan-dfml',port '1521',sid 'dba' and then push the test button and then status show "success"
in the access tab, input the following information
input connection name ,input mdb file name by using browse button,after this step click test button then the following message display 'test fail odbc microsoft access driver not a valid password
I have tried to create odbc link but i think i have done some thing wrong,kindly help
Regards
Zuhair

Hi Zuhair,
If you give details of the problems you are still having then we should be able to get SQL*Developer to work.
However, if you don't want to use SQL*Developer then the following options are taken from note 393760.1 available in Metalink if you have access to that -
1. Use a gateway that supports the non-Oracle database or generic connectivity if a third party ODBC driver is available to do a -
'create Oracle_table as select from non_oracle_table@database_link'
for each table. You would then have to manually create all the other objects (views, indexes, stored procedurs etc) and permissions etc that existed in the non-Oracle database.
2. Use the SQL*Plus COPY command to copy data from the non-Oracle database to the
Oracle database using a gateway or generic connectivity. The syntax is as follows:
COPY FROM username/password@oracle_sid -
INSERT destination_oracle_table -
USING query;
The following example selects all rows from the EMP table in the non-Oracle database and
inserts them into the local Oracle EMP table:
COPY FROM SCOTT/TIGER@ora10 -
INSERT EMP -
USING SELECT * FROM SCOTT.EMP@gateway;
where "gateway" is the database link created for the gateway.
3. Load the non-Oracle data into flat files and use SQL*Loader to put the data into Oracle tables. Again manual
work is required for the other objects.
4. Contact the Oracle Product Technology Services (PTS) group for assistance. See the webpage -
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/migration//workbench/index_sqldev_omwb.html
5. Use a third party migration tool. See -
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/migration/isv/third_party.html
6. Use JDBC to connect to the non-Oracle database and Java in the Oracle database. This method will work but it is not suppported by the JDBC team.
=========
The amount of work involved will depend on the number and size of Access tables that you want to migrate.
Regards,
Mike

[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error

I am new to Java. I have tried to write a simple program insert table in Access2002. However, I got the following error,
ERROR: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement
My code is as follows,
import java.lang.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class dateconv3 {
public static void main (String[] args) {
//Setting up the JDBC-ODBC bridge connection
String DRIVER_NAME = "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
String CONNECTION_URL = "jdbc:odbc:book1";
// The JDBC Connection Object
Connection con = null;
// The JDBC PreparedStatement object
PreparedStatement ps = null;
boolean rc = false;
try { // try under for loop
// Get an connection
Class.forName(DRIVER_NAME).newInstance();
con = DriverManager.getConnection(CONNECTION_URL);
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat ("yyyy/mm/dd");
java.util.Date currentTime_1 = new java.util.Date();
String dateString = formatter.format(currentTime_1);
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
java.util.Date currentTime_2 = formatter.parse(dateString, pos);
java.sql.Date dCurDate=new java.sql.Date(currentTime_2.getTime());
System.out.println(dCurDate);
String userid = "1";
String booktitle = "Java Servlet Programming";
int amount = 202;
String sqltxt="INSERT INTO TRANSLOG ( userid, booktitle, date, amount ) VALUES (?,?,?,?)";
// Create a statement object that we can execute queries with
ps = con.prepareStatement(sqltxt);
ps.setString(1, userid);
ps.setString(2, booktitle);
System.out.println(currentTime_2);
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(currentTime_2.getTime());
System.out.println(sqlDate);
ps.setDate(3, sqlDate);
ps.setInt(4, amount);
System.out.println("INSERT into translog table");
// Execute the statement
ps.execute();
rc = true;
} catch (Exception ex) {
// Sent the error
System.out.println("ex.getMessage() print: " + ex.getMessage());
} finally {
try {
if (ps != null) {
ps.close();
if (con != null) {
// Put the connection back into the pool
con.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
// Ignore any error here
The Access has been set to the date format yyyy/mm/dd and I got the following result.
java dateconv3
2001-01-04
Thu Jan 04 00:56:00 CST 2001
2001-01-04
INSERT into translog table
ex.getMessage() print: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement
Please advise. I got frustrated with such a silly question. Anybody can help me to resolve it.
Patrick

INSERT INTO TRANSLOG ( userid, booktitle, date, amount ) VALUES (?,?,?,?)I don't have Access on my computer at home here, but it is quite possible that "date" is a reserved word in Access's version of SQL. If you can change the column name, I'd recommend you do that. Otherwise try changing your SQL code to this:
INSERT INTO TRANSLOG ( userid, booktitle, [date], amount ) VALUES (?,?,?,?)
But be warned that this [trick] doesn't work with other databases.

[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in UPDATE statement.

Hi,
I am getting following error message ,
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in UPDATE statement.
When run this code.
<%@ page import= "java.sql.*"%>
<%
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bspipdb");
Statement st = con.createStatement();
st.executeUpdate("update tscipshift set 11-Aug-08='M' where TechN='Elamparuthi'");
%>
tscipshift=table ,column=11-Aug-08 are all exist.
I dont know why I am getting error mesage.
Any idea why?

Shahbaz2008 wrote:
you haven't set your user name and password hereI don't believe that's necessary with Access. Then again, it's not an enterprise database.
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bspipdb");
change it to this
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bspipdb","+username+","+password+");
here pass your username and password...
In Oracle default user name and password is
username = scott
password = tigerSo who uses that? Only an eejit would leave that account open.
So the statement would be
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bspipdb","scott","tiger");
or In Mirosoft Access there is no user name and password so the statement will be Like I said - unnecessary, and not the reason the OP is having problems.
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bspipdb","","");>
Besides this change your table name 11-Aug-08 to anything that is not start with number or any special symbols.
for example aug112008 is good or aug is too good.No, it's still not good if you understand ANYTHING about relational databases and normalization.
I think it would work.I think you're just as stup!d as the OP.
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Regarding File to JDBC/MS Access database

Hi all,
I am trying to insert some values in to MS access database table.I kept the .mdb file in the local PI folder.I am getting connection error
com.sap.aii.af.service.util.concurrent.ResourcePoolException: Unable to create new pooled resource: DriverManagerException: Cannot establish connection to URL 'jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=//test/data/input/Employee.mbd': SAPClassNotFoundException: jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
i have given the configuration as:
JDBC Driver: jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
Connection: jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=//test/data/input/Employee.mbd
Please give me some pointers.
Regards,
Anika

Hi Anika,
Also please check for :
You can set the configuration as following:-
JDBC Driver : sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
Connection : jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ= Full Path of DB file;
eg of full path:D:\USERS\Employee\employee.mdb
Please go through these steps: (Assuming you are working on Windows)
1) An ODBC driver for your database must be installed on the Windows computer running the application server.
Check if there's an ODBC driver for MS Acess on the application Server.
2) To connect through an ODBC driver, you must install the Sun JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver on the Windows computer running the application server. The driver comes with the Sun Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, for Windows.
Also there is another point.
sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
This driver is a part of the JDK kit and so, you need not install the driver on your XI server. Check the SAP Note JDBC FAQ for this info.
3)Define a DSN on the Windows system hosting your application server.
4)These parameters you need to give while configuring the JDBC receiver adapter channel
Regards
joel
Edited by: joel trinidade on Mar 26, 2009 12:45 PM

JSP using jdbc to access mdb

Done ...
User DSN and System DSN Add. Select Microsoft Access Driver (*.mbd) and data source name is aa
in JSP ..
<%@ page import="com.thinweb.sql.*" %>
Class.forName ("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection c1 = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc : odbc : aa","",""); [no spacing]
Error: 500
Location: /gone.jsp
Internal Servlet Error:
javax.servlet.ServletException: No suitable driver
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:459)
at _0002fLoginM_0002ejspLoginM_jsp_10._jspService(_0002fLoginM_0002ejspLoginM_jsp_10.java:181)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:119)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:177)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:318)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:391)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
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com.thinweb.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at com.thinweb.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at com.thinweb.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at _0002fLoginM_0002ejspLoginM_jsp_10._jspService(_0002fLoginM_0002ejspLoginM_jsp_10.java:123)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:119)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:177)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:318)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:391)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
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"[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in field definition

I am creating a program in Java which has a Database reference application.The Database I am using is MS Access.But whenever I am trying to run the program from DOS Prompt(ie executing the program:java <program name>) I am unable to connenct to the database.The compiling of the program doesn't show any error(ie javac <program name>) The following error is displayed at the DOS Prompt:
"[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in field definition."
Pls give me a detailed help report.If it is a Machine side problem do help me to solve it.Mine is a Compaq Presario Machine,OS:Windows 98,Database:MS Access(Office XP)
I request you to help me in this matter.Pls email ur responses to:
[email protected]
[email protected]

hi there
did u configure ur ODBC setting if no then try these steps
================== ODBC Settings ========================
step 1 : go to control panel
step 2 : ODBC Data Sources
step 3 : click UserDSN Tab
step 4 : click ADD Button , Select Microsoft Access Driver , Finish
step 5 : Give Datasource Name as "DATABASE_NAMEXXX" , no double quotes
step 6 : use Select and select Database_NAME.mdb from <INSTALL DIRECTORY>\DATABASE_NAME.mdb
click ok , ok finish
<INSTALL DIRECTORY> is where yr database is
=========================================================
then in yr program
URL for yr database
"jdbc:odbc:DATABASE_NAMEXXX" // as name in step 5
and Driver is
"sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"
if u done all these steps then check yr spelling of table and tabel field in yr program
hope this works for u
regards
Satinderjit

[ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error (missing operator)

Aello' - as you can see in my database table their are two
records to delete based on the HISTORY_ID of 1. This was working
just fine when I was using a MS SQL Server database but when I
switched to the MS Access database I get this error now.
Is their a syntax difference?

mikeap wrote:
> Attached code. Clearly their are records to delete, what
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>
> Using MS Access database.
>
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A very strange problem encoutered in microsoft access

Hi everyone,
I have a access database set up and try to insert some record in it with JDBC, but some strange things happend. If I try to insert the string "client for update", it won't work, other string such as "client for", "client abc" ... will work. I really got a headache with this.
I wish to thank an expert named "Mod", who give me an alternative solution which works perfectly. But I'm wondering why my code will not work. Here is my code:
//Notes.mdb is my database
//Test is my table
//Subject is a field with Text type in Access 2000
//Content is a field with Memo type in Access 2000
import java.sql.*;
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public static void main(String[] args){
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
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String sql = "INSERT INTO TEST(SUBJECT,CONTENT) VALUES('test8','client for update')";
Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
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System.out.println("# rows inserted " + rowCount);
statement.close();
connection.close();
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
Notes.mdb is my database which located at the current directory (the same directory of my java file above)
After compile and run it, error information comes up:
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]Optional feature
not implemented
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLExecDirect(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcStatement.execute(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcStatement.executeUpdate(Unknown Source)
at MemoInsertTest.main(MemoInsertTest.java:9)
If, instead, I change that string to "client for", this time it works, the result is printed out:
# rows inserted 1
I hope someone will explain this problem for me. Thank you all.
With my best,
Zike Huang(jim)

This is a branch of a couple of existing threads:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=48&thread=447162&tstart=0&trange=15
MOD

More on a very strange problem in microsoft access

Hi,
I wish to describe this problem futher. I have a table named test, the table has a field named "content" and it's a memo type. I try to insert some strings in it, many strings work fine except when I insert this string
client for updates
I do some testing, event
t for updates cannot be inserted in it.
Can anyone tell me what happened?
With my best,
Zike Huang

I just created a table in Access 2000 with a memo column and inserted the string "client for update" into it. NO PROBLEM. It's your code.
Here's the Java I used to do it:
import java.sql.*;
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        try
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                Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
                String sql = "INSERT INTO DOCUMENTS(SUBJECT, CONTENT) VALUES(?,?)";
                PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
                statement.setString(1, args[0]);
                statement.setString(2, args[1]);
                int rowCount = statement.executeUpdate();
                System.out.println("# rows inserted: " + rowCount);
                statement.close();
                connection.close();
        catch (Exception e)
            e.printStackTrace(System.err);
}I created a table in Access with this schema:
CREATE TABLE DOCUMENTS
   DOCUMENT_ID AUTOINCREMENT,
   SUBJECT     VARCHAR(80),
   CONTENT     MEMO,
   PRIMARY KEY(DOCUMENT_ID) I'm running JDK 1.4.1 on Windows XP Professional.
I say this works. Try it on your machine and see. - MOD

Insert in Java via Microsoft Access

Hello People
I need insert into DataBase datas with app in Java and DataBase Microsoft Access. How insert in Microsoft Access with app Java? Witch the Syntax of the SQL for Microsoft Access with app Java?
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