> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Cheesman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Can I connect to an Access database?
>
>
> At 12:26 AM 17/07/01, you wrote:
> >The standard JDBC-ODBC bridge works fine (as far as it goes).
>
>
> Which is not very far - given that it's not a
> production-level driver. That
> said, access is not a production-level database, either ;)
>
> Seriously though, if you try to have more than one (a couple?) of
> connections open at once you'll start getting SQLExceptions
> all over the place.
>
Only if you're lucky. More likely is that you will become familiar
with Dr. Watson and his friends the General Protection Fault and Illegal
Access Error.
Really, the JDBC-ODBC bridge is not thread safe. You can check out
Sun's BugParade where they acknowledge the bug and indicate that it will not
be fixed.
Randy
