Connecting to Access Database using JDBC 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.

Note: In Java 8, the JDBC-ODBC Bridge has been removed. It is no longer supported.

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.

Time for an 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();
    }
  }
}