Mega Code Archive
Connect to an Access database file
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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
class AccessConnect {
static void Main()
{
string connString = @"provider = microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0;data source = Employee.mdb;";
OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(connString);
try
{
conn.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Connection opened.");
Console.WriteLine("Connection Properties:");
Console.WriteLine("\tConnection String: {0}", conn.ConnectionString);
Console.WriteLine("\tDatabase: {0}",conn.Database);
Console.WriteLine("\tDataSource: {0}",conn.DataSource);
Console.WriteLine("\tServerVersion: {0}", conn.ServerVersion);
Console.WriteLine("\tState: {0}", conn.State);
} catch (OleDbException e) {
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e);
} finally {
conn.Close();
Console.WriteLine("Connection closed.");
}
}
}
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