java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver Error [duplicate]

Answer 1

Well this problem may be caused by many few reasons....I think it is because you are using Java 8 and it does not contain sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver in their in built library. You can read this article here to get a complete idea about the problem. It describes options to resolve the option also...Good luck !

Answer 2

According to Java JDBC API Guide the JDBC-ODBC bridge was removed in Java 8:

Enhancements in Java SE 8

Synopsis: The JDBC-ODBC Bridge has been removed.

To operate with Microsoft Access database you should use a third-party driver, for example UCanAccess. See answers at Manipulating an Access database from Java without ODBC.