Re: Access do database from applet

From:
"fadzi ushewokunze" <kingfadzi@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
3 Aug 2006 06:49:11 -0700
Message-ID:
<1154612951.023067.7750@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
Why are you using Access and applets?
Better approach is serlvets and something like MySql or PostGres if you
are designing for a multi user environment.

with these databases you can use an IP address etc to locate the
database. You have to remember Access is a "desktop application" not a
RDBMS. I am not a fan of either Access nor applets.

Let me know if you want more info..

Lukasz wrote:

Hello,

In my applet I have a method responsible for accessing the MS Access
database which is on my hdd.

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
String filename = "C:\\Documents and
Settings\\lukasz\\Desktop\\Licenses2.mdb";
String database = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
(*.mdb)};DBQ=";
database+= filename.trim() + ";DriverID=22;READONLY=True}";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( database ,"","");

Now I would like to put it on a server, with an IP example 192.168.15.1
and have access to this database from every pc around the world :)
What I need to add to this method to make it possible?

Thanks for any reply.

Regards,
Lukasz.

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