https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158056

--- Comment #4 from [email protected] ---
Summary of current status
* Currently to connect to MS Access .mdb files you need the
"Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" provider.
* The "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" provider needs to be installed on the computer
to use it.
* The connector "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" is not available on the Microsoft
download pages for some time now
* You can connect to both .mdb and more modern .accdb files via the
"Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" provider, but Base is only prepared to use this
provider with .accdb files.
* The "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" provider also needs to be installed, but it is
still possible to download an installer from the Microsoft pages.

Proposed solution
* Modify the code so that all connections to MS Access files, both .mdb and
.accdb are made with the provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0".
* Remove all references to the "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" provider to clean up
the code.
* Leave only one entry "Microsoft Access" in the Connection Wizard, which would
work for .mdb and .accdb files.
* Remove the entry "Microsoft Access 2007" from the Connection Wizard, since it
is no longer needed.

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