Re: connecting to an ACCESS database

MS Access is not a true DBMS, but an advanced, SQL-compatible
file-access system. There is no "direct" way to connect to MS Access but
through the Jet Engine. That's what ODBC does for you if you can't
access the API yourself.

I think MySQL is a better choice or even PostgreSQL which is also a
free, open source database.

-- Darius

> Camila Piñeiro wrote:
> 
> Hi!
>  I'm using an Access database in my application, and I conecct to it
> thru the odbc:
>     Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
>     conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:bd");
> but I want to do it directly, with out the ODBC.
>  I read in the manual "Getting started with Lutris Enhydra" that there
> is no other way if the database is in Access. Is it still true?
>  If it is, can you tell me what do I have to do if my database is in
> MySQL?
>  Thanks a lot,
> Camila