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Does anyone know what the most recent version of JDK and or JRE that contains the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver?

I have this jar that parses XML into Microsoft Access. I didn't realize the driver was removed when I was updating and now desperately trying to find a version that will let my jar work. I've tried JDK6u45 and that does allow my program to appear to run... as in no error and it will show a count of records that will be updated, but after considerable waiting nothing actually happens.

What's also strange is with this same build but on a different PC, the jar is giving me [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] '(unknown)' error.

I'm pulling my hair out. Thanks in advance!

P.S. I'm aware of solutions that don't require JDBC-ODBC but currently, it looks like the source code may be lost too. So I really need a workaround now so I can make due until it's time to rewrite.

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  • Java 1.7 is the last. – Jens Mar 27 '15 at 19:30
  • The error you're asking about indicates that the JVM did load the ODBC Driver... so I think you've got an [XY Problem](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem) here. – TallTed Apr 13 '15 at 23:08

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According to this Oracle doc it was removed starting with Java 8. So 7 or below should still contain the driver.

The JDBC-ODBC Bridge should be considered a transitional solution; it will be removed in JDK 8.

This stackoverflow discussion talks about the removal and possible alternative drivers.

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