Did you try the groups search that I mentioned earlier? There are a couple of posts on the groups about ways of using external databases.
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:34 PM, ScottG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks much, Mega. I use the inbuilt SQLite DB extensively. The hope > was to contact a database outside of Android. > > But alas! > > Cheers, Scott > > On Apr 1, 2:38 pm, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The SDK does not support this, there is no JDBC driver code distributed > with > > Android and there is no MySQL database server running in the system. > > Android SDK ships with a inbuilt SQLite DB, which will be easier to use. > > Else, you may want search for keyword "jdbc" on the groups, you will > find a > > couple of threads with discussions on the different alternatives for > using > > MySQL, Oracle, etc in your Android apps. > > > > Thanks, > > Megha > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:42 AM, ScottG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Anybody know how to load an ODBC driver into Android? For example, a > > > MySQL driver? The usual drill doesn't seem to work. Class.forName > > > blows out. > > > > > import com.mysql.jdbc.*; > > > > > class odbcConnection { > > > public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception { > > > Driver d = (Driver)Class.forName > > > ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance (); > > > > > DriverManager.registerDriver(d); > > > > > String URL = "jdbc:mysql:xxxx"; > > > > > d = DriverManager.getDriver(URL); > > > > > Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection(URL, "yyyy", > > > "xxxx"); > > > return c; > > > } > > > }- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---