Windows 98/ME and MS Access

[Sascha Koenig]

Hi,

I have an application using the OLE DB driver to connect to an MS Access
database. AFAIK it uses MDAC 2.7 to accomplish this. This works fine under
2000 and XP, but not under 98 or ME.

The download site of MDAC 2.6 or later says the following:
This release does not include Microsoft Jet, the Microsoft Jet OLE DB
Provider or ODBC driver, the Desktop Database ODBC Drivers, or the Visual
FoxPro ODBC Driver.

Does this mean I have to use MDAC 2.5 to access my Access database under
98/ME? I installed it, but it still didn't work. Do I have to compile my
application with this older version?

Please help, I'm desperate!

Thanks
Sascha

 

[CT]

Yes, you need MDAC 2.5 if the Jet driver/provider isn't already installed.
You don't have to compile your with a different MDAC, all you have to make
sure is that the provider is installed on the target machine. If that is
MDAC 2.5, then you run that on the target machine before installing your
application.

 

[Grzegorz Danowski]

Hi,

I have an application using the OLE DB driver to connect to an MS Access
database. AFAIK it uses MDAC 2.7 to accomplish this. This works fine under
2000 and XP, but not under 98 or ME.

The download site of MDAC 2.6 or later says the following:
This release does not include Microsoft Jet, the Microsoft Jet OLE DB
Provider or ODBC driver, the Desktop Database ODBC Drivers, or the Visual
FoxPro ODBC Driver.

Does this mean I have to use MDAC 2.5 to access my Access database under
98/ME? I installed it, but it still didn't work. Do I have to compile my
application with this older version?

Not. You can use MDAC 2.7 with Jet! There is no problem:
1) install MDAC 2.7
2) install Jet 4.0 SP8

Please read article on Microsoft site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;271908

Regards,
Grzegorz

 

[Sascha Koenig]

Thanks for your help, I will try it!

Sascha

Not. You can use MDAC 2.7 with Jet! There is no problem:
1) install MDAC 2.7
2) install Jet 4.0 SP8

Please read article on Microsoft site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;271908

Regards,
Grzegorz