Difference between revisions of "Connecting To Access"

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When connectiong to Access you can use the ODBC drivers

First create an odbc connection from Administrative Tools - Data Sources (ODBC)

Create a new DSN, give it a name and then browse to you mdb file.

http://www.international-presence.com/images/docs/jdbc/odbcdetails.png

After this you will see your newly created connection in the list of DSNs

http://www.international-presence.com/images/docs/jdbc/odbclist.png

Now you should create a new SQL Database Resource in Presence, with the following settings:-

http://www.international-presence.com/images/docs/jdbc/accessdetails.png

Note, the driver class is sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

and the connection url is jdbc:odbc:yourdsn

Hit test, to check the connection:-

http://www.international-presence.com/images/docs/jdbc/accessconnect.png

You can then use this resource in the SQL node.

http://www.international-presence.com/images/docs/jdbc/accessresults.png