Re: Date format problem with Java and MS-Access
David Segall wrote:
Arne Vajh?j <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
Lew wrote:
Arne Vajh?j wrote:
Lew wrote:
ruds wrote:
1. I'm using the JDBC-ODBC driverto connect to Access.
Ouch.
Then again, you're using Access, so it was already ouch.
Considering that MS does not provide a JDBC driver
for MS Access, then the number of possible drivers is
rather limited !
(at least if expensive commercial packages are not
an option)
Yes, that is the reason for the double "ouch".
Considering the availability of Derby (a.k.a., Java DB, the one that
comes free with every copy of the JDK these days), PostgreSQL and other
relatively easy-to-use, free RDBMSes, one wonders what traps the OP into
Access and the non-availability of a JDBC driver.
MS Access is much easier to work with than Derby.
You can't compare the two.
Non the less people do so.
In fact, you can use Microsoft Access as a
GUI for Derby although I prefer to use OpenOffice Base. Base is
comparable to Access including a built in database engine and the
option to use any database that has a suitable driver.
Derby is just a database. Access is both a database and a
database admin tool and a database app development tool.
Access is much easier to work with than only Derby.
You can achieve similar functionality by Derby adding
other stuff on top of it.
But why should anyone want to install Derby + Access +
an ODBC driver for Derby (which is a bit la la topic)
instead of just installing Access ?
(if Access meet the requirements as database backend, which
it will for toy size usage - at least in other languages
than Java due to the lack of a JDBC driver)
Arne
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