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Dr. Herong Yang, Version 2.11

JDBC-ODBC - Running Queries on MS Access Database

This section describes how to run queries on MS Access database through the JDBC-ODBC driver.

After inserting data into my Access database, I want to get it back with a SELECT query. Here is my sample program to get all rows back from the table HY_Address:

/**
 * OdbcAccessQuery.java
 * Copyright (c) 2007 by Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
 */
import java.sql.*;
public class OdbcAccessQuery {
  public static void main(String [] args) {
    Connection con = null;
    try {
      Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
      con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:HY_ACCESS");
      Statement sta = con.createStatement(); 

// getting the data back
      ResultSet res = sta.executeQuery(
        "SELECT * FROM HY_Address");
      System.out.println("List of Addresses: "); 
      while (res.next()) {
         System.out.println(
           "  "+res.getInt("ID")
           + ", "+res.getString("StreetName")
           + ", "+res.getString("City"));
      }
      res.close();

      sta.close();
      con.close();        
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

The output looked correct to me:

List of Addresses:
  1, 5 Baker Road, Bellevue
  2, 25 Bay St., Hull
  3, 251 Main St., W. York

Sections in This Chapter

JDBC-ODBC - Creating a MS Access Database File

JDBC-ODBC - Creating DSN for MS Access

JDBC-ODBC - Connecting to MS Access Database Files

JDBC-ODBC - MS Access Database and Driver Info

JDBC-ODBC - Creating New Tables in MS Access Database

JDBC-ODBC - Inserting Data Rows to MS Access Database

JDBC-ODBC - Running Queries on MS Access Database

Creating Connections with DataSource Class

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2007
JDBC-ODBC - Running Queries on MS Access Database