Trouble with .mdb Any help is apreciated

Question

Hi
I need to access an .mdb file.
Im trying to make a program that will allow me to extract the data from the .mdb and place it in a SQL database.
The code below results in a java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver.
I've tried putting all sorts of things into the DriverManager.getConnection(), but I haven't been able to make it work.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
/* MDBReader.java
* Created on 3. oktober 2006, 13:16
* @author Leviathan
public class MDBReader
    /** Creates a new instance of MDBReader */
    public MDBReader()
        try
            Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
            Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(""+this.getClass().getResource("OtraLink.mdb"));
            Statement stm = con.createStatement();
            ResultSet rs = stm.executeQuery("select * from *");
            System.out.println(rs.toString());
            con.close();
        catch (ClassNotFoundException ex)
            ex.printStackTrace();
        catch(SQLException ex)
            ex.printStackTrace();
    public static void main(String[] args)
        MDBReader mdbReader = new MDBReader();
}I've spent the better part of a day browsing this forum and google, but I have nothing to show for it.
Any help will be apreciated.

Answer 1

is simply because my ,mdb-file is located in the same package as my code,
hence it will also be in my Jar.For jdbc-odbc bridge, it's impossible. You should unjar first that mdb file into a temporary directory, then use dns-less url.
For commercial HXTT Access jdbc driver for MS Access, which supports compressed database(.ZIP, .JAR, .GZ, .TAR, .BZ2, .TGZ, .TAR.GZ, .TAR.BZ2), you should read How to Use Memory-only Table, Physical Table, Url table, Compressed table in a SQL at http://www.hxtt.com/dbf/advanced.html#mining .