Using MS Access from a file server

Question

i have a ms access db that i'd like to read from using jdbc. It is on a network file server. Can i read from it from a jsp on a separate weblogic box without having a dsn to the DB? ie using some kind of a file path in the connection address instead of a url?

Answer 1

Below is an example using a DSN-less connection. It uses a database on the local drive but could just as easily use a file on a network share.
<%@page import=java.sql.* %>
<%
// Establish connection to database
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con= DriverManager.getConnection(
     "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb);DBQ="
     + "c:\\blazix\\webfiles\\livedb\\livedb.mdb");
Statement st = con.createStatement();
String strSQL = "Select * from tblData";
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(strSQL);
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
rs.next();