Re: RPG / JDBC / MS-Access

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A google for MS Access JDBC comes up with several hits - including an 
open source project JDBC driver - beyond that I don't know much more 
about this.

Vern

On 8/17/2016 9:48 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> Hmmm....  I thought MS Access didn't have a database server?  So you 
> have to actually have the Access program (or equivalent) and point it 
> directly at the filesystem object?
>
> Therefore, a JDBC driver for Access would not be as simple as knowing 
> how to communicate with a database server (like the MySQL, DB2, SQL 
> Server or Oracle JDBC Drivers we're used to) but would need to know 
> the internals of how Access works so it can load and process the 
> actual database.
>
> If I'm wrong, please tell me...  I've not worked with Access.  But 
> that has always been my impression.
>
> On 8/17/2016 8:06 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:>
> \> I think that's the biggest problem, finding a JDBC driver. After
> > that, I'd expect it to be a slam dunk