Can stock .Net installations open Access databases?

Question

I am wondering if the driver mentioned here would be on a PC running .Net 2.0 or higher:

could I deploy an application that accesses an access database in this manner?

Thanks

Some additional links: [Establishing the Connection](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254507.aspx), [OleDbConnection Class](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.oledb.oledbconnection.aspx), [Connection String Syntax](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254500.aspx) — Zev Spitz, Dec 04 '12 at 10:34

George Stocker · Answer 1 · 2012-12-04T13:32:12.307

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Yes. Add a reference to System.DataOleDb. It's in the Add References dialog, under .NET Framework.

edited Dec 04 '12 at 13:32

answered Dec 04 '12 at 04:02

George Stocker

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '12 at 04:07

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I'm currently working on a program that writes the reports to the .mdb database in this manner. All works fine.

Small contribution: if database has password, add "Jet OLEDB:Database Password=mypasswordhere" to connection string

answered Dec 04 '12 at 04:07

spyder

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