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Getting data from an MS Access Database

Hi All,
Below is my psuedo code JSP page. What do I need to adjust in order to connect to an MS Access MDB file with or without a DSN reference, open the database, search and retrieve a string from the datbase.

TIA,
DoughBoy

//what other packages should I import
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>

<%
String sDefinition = "";
String sLabelString = "";

sLabelString = request.getParameter("currlabel"));

//what driver do I need????????????
Class.forName("some.class.odbc.ms.access.Driver");

// what Parameters do I need????????????? for an
// MS Access database with or with a DSN reference.
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("odbc:dsn://mymdbfile", "someuser-not-needed", "somepwd-not-needed");

PreparedStatement stmt1 = conn.prepareStatement("select resultstring from mytable where column1data =" + string1 + " and column2data = " + sLabelString);

ResultSet rs = stmt1.executeQuery();

while (rs.next())
{
sDefinition = rs.getString(1);
}
rs.close();
conn.close();
%>

<html>
<head>
<title>ODBC Result String</title>
</head>
<body>

<p> <% =sDefinition %> </p>

</body>
</html>

Ryan Chong

I think you need to use DSN to connect to M$ Access database..

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kotan

or this

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2000-09/03-qa-0922-access.html

DoughBoy

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thanks very much