Re: 'Microsoft Access Database' with Java.

From: Luke Webber (luke_at_webber.com.au)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:09:25 +1000

"Chris Smith" <cdsmith@twu.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b1fbfc473ad7ff2989b2a@news.pop4.net...
> Fabian Rossbacher wrote:
> > is there any way to get the data of a 'Microsoft-Access-Database' with
Java
> > under Linux?I have got only the .mbd file and no Windows...
>
> No, JDBC isn't magic. If you want to use a database, you'll need DBMS
> software to do it. No one is likely to rewrite all of the core
> functionality of Microsoft Access in a JDBC driver any time soon.

Nope. Your best bet is to convert the database in a Winblows machine, using
a JDBC connection to a Linux-hosted server DBMS as your target.

Luke

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