Connecting to an Access database that has a database password

Question

I\'ve password protected an mdb file but then I cannot access it on vb.net. I don\'t know the correct code for defining the password. this is my current code, I know its wro

Answer 1

conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\myFolder\myAccess2007file.accdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;" 

is the correct format for your connection string.

Check out http://www.connectionstrings.com/access-2007 for more info.

Answer 2

I believe the connection string should look like this:

conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;"  

Here is a link to a site which can help with connection string questions ConnectionStrings.Com HTH