OLEDB connection to Access Database (accdb)

Question

I want to make a simple application for an exercise, so it could be nice to connect to a simple database like Access (.accdb)

My program looks like this:

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Answer 1

add using System.Data.OleDb library.

now for the connection string

OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\\Users\\Aishwar NIGAM\\Documents\\indianOil.accdb");

Answer 2

For others that are interested in my solution, I figured out that Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.14.0 is not supported for Access 2010. Instead I used Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0

You can download their "2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components" from this site: 2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components

Answer 3

Had a similar problem but just a plan old mdb in my case. Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 does the trick for that, no need to download any extra runtimes.

Answer 4

You need the Access 2007 Runtime.