JDBC Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.12, by Dr. Herong Yang
JDBC-ODBC - Connecting to Flat Text Files
This section describes how to connect to a DSN that represents data stored in flat text files in a directory.
After created the DSN, HY_FLAT, to represent flat text files in a directory, Now I can try to connect my Java program to those flat text files through JDBC-ODBC Bridge and DSN using the DriverManager.getConnection() method:
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:dsn_name");
Here is my sample program showing you how to connect to text files defined behind a DSN with JDBC-ODBC Bridge:
/* OdbcFlatConnection.java * Copyright (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. */ import java.sql.*; public class OdbcFlatConnection { public static void main(String [] args) { Connection con = null; try { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver") ; // Connect with a url string con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:HY_FLAT"); System.out.println("Flat files connection ok."); con.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
The output confirms that the connection method worked correctly:
herong> progra~1\java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\javac OdbcFlatConnection.java herong> progra~1\java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java OdbcFlatConnection Flat files connection ok.
Table of Contents
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Introduction
Installing and Running Java DB - Derby
Derby (Java DB) JDBC DataSource Objects
Java DB (Derby) - DML Statements
Java DB (Derby) - ResultSet Objects of Queries
Java DB (Derby) - PreparedStatement
MySQL JDBC Driver (MySQL Connector/J)
MySQL - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet
MySQL - JBDC CallableStatement
MySQL CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT
MySQL BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB
Oracle Express Edition Installation on Windows
Oracle - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet
Oracle - JBDC CallableStatement
Oracle CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT
Oracle BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB
Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition
Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server
Microsoft JDBC Driver - Query Statements and Result Sets
Microsoft JDBC Driver - DatabaseMetaData Object
Microsoft JDBC Driver - DDL Statements
Microsoft JDBC Driver - DML Statements
SQL Server - PreparedStatement
SQL Server CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT
SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
►JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files
JDBC-ODBC - Creating DSN for Flat Test File
►JDBC-ODBC - Connecting to Flat Text Files
JDBC-ODBC - Getting Flat File Driver Info
JDBC-ODBC - CREATE TABLE in Flat Text Files
JDBC-ODBC - Listing Tables with meta.GetTables()
JDBC-ODBC - Tab Delimited Flat File Data
JDBC-ODBC - ODBC Configuration for Flat Files
JDBC-ODBC - Executing Queries on Flat Files
JDBC-ODBC - Missing Flat Data Files
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS Access
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS SQL Server
Summary of JDBC Drivers and Database Servers