Connecting to Access Database using Type-1 Driver

To connect a Java application with Access database using JDBC-ODBC Bridge(type-1) Driver. You need to follow the following steps

Create DSN Name

1. Go to control panel

   

2. Go to Administrative tools

   

3. Select Data Source(ODBC)

   

4. Add new DSN name, select add

   

5. Select Access driver from the list, click on finish

   

6. Give a DSN name, click ok

   

NOTE: Here we are showing this example to create DSN in Window 7 os. For other operating system you need to do small changes.

Example

We suppose that you have created a student table with sid and name column name in access database.

import java.sql.*;
class Test
{
public static void main(String []args)
{
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Test", "", "");
Statement s=con.createStatement();	//creating statement	

ResultSet rs=s.executeQuery("select * from student");	//executing statement	

while(rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+" "+rs.getString(2));
}

con.close();	//closing connection	

}catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}