Syntax error in field definition

Question

Hello,
Does java sun default driver support data type BLOB? I need create a table name PERSONS, and then store it to Access Database. But, every time when I run the program, it shows the following message:
SQLException: [Microsoft] [ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]
Syntax error in field definition.
Below are the code, does any one have any idea about the problem?
import java.sql.*;
public class CreatePersons {
     public static void main(String args[]) {
          String url = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=Database\\DB1.mdb";
          Connection con;
          String createString;
          Statement stmt = null;
          createString = "create table PERSONS " +
                                   "(PersonName VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL, " +
                                   "PersonPicture BLOB (64K) NOT NULL," +
                                   "PRIMARY KEY( PersonName )" +
          try {
               Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
          } catch(java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
               System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
               System.err.println(e.getMessage());
          try {
     con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,
               stmt = con.createStatement();                                   
               stmt.executeUpdate(createString);
               stmt.close();
               con.close();
          } catch(SQLException ex) {
               System.err.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
Thanks,
Daniel

Answer 1

It doesn't have anything to do with the java driver.
You are passing DDL. That goes directly to the MS Access interface (the ODBC driver and the supporting dlls.)
There are two possibilities.
- The ODBC driver (and support) does not allow you to create blobs.
- The syntax you are using is wrong (this would be my guess.)
For the second case you might try creating the table in Acces, then use tools->analyze->documentor to produce the SQL description for that table. Whatever it produces is probably the output that it expects.