JDBC-ODBC - Creating New Tables in MS Access Database

This section describes how to create a new table in a MS Access database through the JDBC-ODBC driver.

The first test I did was to add another table in my Access database. This was done by running the CREATE TABLE statement with the executeUpdate() method. Here is the sample program I used to create a new table called, HY_Address:

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

// Creating a database table
      Statement sta = con.createStatement();
      int count = sta.executeUpdate(
        "CREATE TABLE HY_Address (ID INT, StreetName VARCHAR(20),"
        + " City VARCHAR(20))");
      System.out.println("Table created.");
      sta.close();

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

The ODBC driver allowed me to create tables and there was no execution errors. See the output below:

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

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

Table created.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Introduction

 JDK (Java SE) Installation

 Installing and Running Java DB - Derby

 Derby (Java DB) JDBC Driver

 Derby (Java DB) JDBC DataSource Objects

 Java DB (Derby) - DML Statements

 Java DB (Derby) - ResultSet Objects of Queries

 Java DB (Derby) - PreparedStatement

 MySQL Installation on Windows

 MySQL JDBC Driver (MySQL Connector/J)

 MySQL - PreparedStatement

 MySQL - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet

 MySQL - JBDC CallableStatement

 MySQL CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 MySQL BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Oracle Express Edition Installation on Windows

 Oracle JDBC Drivers

 Oracle - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet

 Oracle - PreparedStatement

 Oracle - JBDC CallableStatement

 Oracle CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 Oracle BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition

 Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - Query Statements and Result Sets

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DatabaseMetaData Object

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DDL Statements

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DML Statements

 SQL Server - PreparedStatement

 SQL Server CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files

JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS Access

 JDBC-ODBC - Creating a MS Access Database File

 JDBC-ODBC - Creating DSN for MS Access

 JDBC-ODBC - Connecting to MS Access Database Files

 JDBC-ODBC - MS Access Database and Driver Info

JDBC-ODBC - Creating New Tables in MS Access Database

 JDBC-ODBC - Inserting Data Rows to MS Access Database

 JDBC-ODBC - Running Queries on MS Access Database

 Creating Connections with DataSource Class

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS SQL Server

 Summary of JDBC Drivers and Database Servers

 Using Connection Pool with JDBC

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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