Hi all,
There is also an open source JDBC driver based on jackcess:
http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html
So that would be a way to connect to MS Access also via JDBC.
It seems that the jackcess library is currently the only java library
one that connects to MS Access.
So I think option 1 is the way to go. There will be probably more
libraries that need this construction becauso of the license.
Regards,
JJ.
On 23-08-13 09:27, Kasper Sørensen wrote:
Hi all,
I think we've had a bit of time now to ponder on what to do with the
MS Access module (which violates the Apache license because of the
Jackcess dependency that is LGPL).
I think our options are:
1) Move the module out of Apache MetaModel and let it live as a third
party module (like the SAS and dBase modules).
2) Find an alternative dependency (I don't know of any other Java
libraries for reading MS Access)
3) Pursuade Jackcess to re-license to an Apache compatible license (I
think this is a very long shot, but was mentioned earlier on...)
If anyone knows a alternative library (option 2), that's my favorite.
But if not, I am prepared to go for option 1.
What say you?
