There are JDBC drivers for Access out there, but you have to pay for them:
http://www.idssoftware.com/jdbcdrv.html http://www.atinav.com/products/aveconnect/MSAccess.htm (I have no idea how either of these performs though) --- chuck amadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrian Beech wrote: > > >Ummmmm, okay then how stable is the JDBC/ODBC bridge? As I > previously > >mentioned in my initial posting some bits and peices that I've read > suggest > >that this method of connecting to a DB back end is, or can be, a > little > >dodgy. The comments basically revolved around the premise that the > bridge > >is not capable of being threaded and it is considered by Sun to > still be > >experimental. I got the impression that there is potential for data > loss or > >corruption along with performance related issues. > > > >I guess I really need to know if it is reasonable to use Tomcat to > host an > >environment that relies on this sort of DB connectivity. > > > >Adrian > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Matt Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:06 PM > >Subject: Re: Is there a native JDBC driver for MS Access? > > > > > >>No, you are forced to use the JDBC/ODBC bridge or purchase one of > the > >>proprietary drivers available. I know there are Paradox, FoxPro > and dBase > >>IV drivers but I have not seen any for Access. > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Adrian Beech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 6:47 AM > >>Subject: Is there a native JDBC driver for MS Access? > >> > >> > >>G'day all, > >> > >>Is there a native JDBC driver for MS Access? A few postings I've > seen in > >>the list archive make mentioned that the JDBC/ODBC bridge is a bit > dodgy. > >> > >>I have Tomcat 4.03 running as a standalone on a Win 2k pro box with > JDK > >>1.3.1 installed. > >> > >>I'm rather new to Tomcat, JSP, JDBC, etc... > >> > >>Any help would be appreciated. > >> > >>Adrian Beech > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>For additional commands: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Troubles with the list: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Troubles with the list: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I was under the impression that it was recommended that you obtain a > commercial JDBC driver from a vendor such as your RDBMS /middleware > vendor as the JDBC-ODBC driver is usaually used for experimental use > or > if no other is available. > Anyway there is mysql odbc which works fine with Mysql back-end and > front-end M$ Aceess 2000. > > Cheers Chuck Amadi > Systems Programmer > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
