Android Question B4A Jackcess examples

bobmcp

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I'm trying to write an Android app to access a remote (web online) Access '97 .mdb for read/display only. I have d/l the Jackcess library but cannot find any example code to point me in the right direction to get started. Is there any sample code snippets out there?

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bobmcp

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Sorry to be a pest. What I need to get going is some code examples on how to make the connection to the remote .mdb. I don't seem to be able to locate B4A samples on getting this thing going using Jackcess. I understand your point re SQL db, but all I need to do is display a limited bit of data from the remote .mdb which is maintained/administered by others.
 
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bobmcp

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If I understand the process correctly, I would connect to my .mdb with jRDC2 & then use the Jackcess library to access records in the db. Is that correct? If so, my problem is how do I code the jRDC2 connect?
 
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OliverA

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then use the Jackcess library to access records in the db
No. You would use pre-established SQL statements that would be executed by the jRDC2 server via a JDBC driver that uses Jackcess to access the underlying MS Access file. See @Erel's video on jRDC2 to see what it is about and how to use it. Video: https://www.b4x.com/etp.html?vimeography_gallery=1&vimeography_video=260642577. Free JDBC driver for MS Access: http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html. Note: There are also paid versions of JDBC drivers availabe. Your search engine is your friend.
I'm trying to write an Android app to access a remote (web online) Access '97 .mdb for read/display only. I have d/l the Jackcess library but cannot find any example code to point me in the right direction to get started. Is there any sample code snippets out there
Jackcess is a low level library for accessing MS Access files directly. You could do a "drive mapping" to access the file remotely and then use Jackcess to read a MS Access file, but I don't know how stable that would be. Also, unless you find a wrap for the library, you either will have to create your own or use the library via JavaObject and/or Reflection.
 
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