Opening an old DB from file

Question

I'm trying to convert an old DB to my new DB. the old DB is in DBF format and access can read it so I gathered it's ODBC compatible. the thing is i don't want to install all the DBs in my windows and give them each a URL. can I just read the DB directly from file?
code snippet would be helpful.
Glazberg.

Answer 1

it doesn't work for me,but I'm guessing I'm writing the path wrong.
I tried:
String dbUrl = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=\"D:\\oldUnion\\New\\DATABASE.dbf\"";
String dbUrl = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};DBQ='D:\\oldUnion\\New\\DATABASE.dbf'";
String dbUrl = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=\"D:/oldUnion/New/DATABASE.dbf\"";
but they all raise exceptions:java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver] '(unknown)' is not a valid path.  Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.
     at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(JdbcOdbc.java:6879)
     at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(JdbcOdbc.java:7036)
     at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLDriverConnect(JdbcOdbc.java:3028)
     at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.initialize(JdbcOdbcConnection.java:323)
     at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(JdbcOdbcDriver.java:174)
     at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
     at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193)
     at union.testClass.main(testClass.java:48)
     at union.unionMainClass.main(unionMainClass.java:43)