Relative Paths In DSN-less JDBC URL

Whenever I've seen DSN-less URL strings for M$ Access, they've always used an absolute path to the database file:
String url="jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\\full\\path\\src\\data\\FirstLotParts.mdb";Has anyone tried to give a relative path?
String url="jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=src\\data\\FirstLotParts.mdb";I'd like to be able to check out my application to a clean directory and have Ant run JUnit tests without having to change the absolute path. Is it possible? Thanks - MOD

Just answered my own question: Yes, it does work with a relative path:
String url="jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=.\\src\\data\\FirstLotParts.mdb";MOD

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