JDBC-ODBC - CREATE TABLE in Flat Text Files

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∟JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files

∟JDBC-ODBC - CREATE TABLE in Flat Text Files

This section describes how to run CREATE TABLE statement with the ODBC flat text file driver.

With my DSN, HY_FLAT, connected to an empty directory, I want to try to create a table through JDBC-ODBC to see if the ODBC driver will create a file or not. Here is my test Java program:

/* OdbcFlatCreateTable.java
 * Copyright (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.
 */
import java.sql.*;
public class OdbcFlatCreateTable {
  public static void main(String [] args) {
    Connection con = null;
    try {
      Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
      con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:HY_FLAT");

// Creating a database table
      Statement sta = con.createStatement();
      int count = sta.executeUpdate(
        "CREATE TABLE User (UserID INT, FirstName VARCHAR(20),"
        + " LastName VARCHAR(20), BirthDate Date)");
      System.out.println("Table created.");
      sta.close();

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

The above program gave me an exception:

herong> progra~1\java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\javac
   OdbcFlatCreateTable.java

herong> progra~1\java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java OdbcFlatCreateTable

Exception: [Microsoft][ODBC Text Driver] Cannot modify the design
of table 'User'.  It is in a read-only database.