Re: [mdb-dev] Java version of mdblib

[Jan v. M. <jan...@gm...>]

Hi Murray,


>
> I'm guessing a little but my feeling is that most of us use mdbtools to
> simply retrieve information from an mdb file - the data is simply extracted
> into a CSV file.
>

You are probably right.  However, some other database writers might want to
support writing to mdb, to promote adoption of their own product.  (Similar
to Open Office supporting "save as ..." MS Word file.)

There was a recent version that provided some basic update functions on an
> mdb file, however I got the impression that this was not complete - as you
> can imagine there are lots of conditions a database needs to handle in order
> to maintain integrity etc.
>

I am afraid you are right again :)   That's why I was hoping to find other
people who want to write mdb files, so we could get it to work as an open
source effort.



>
> Were you planning on using JNI?  I assume there is no way for you to use
> JDBC and leave the mdb on a windows server?


JNI could be an option, however I would prefer to stay independent of
particular OS and native libraries.  When building mdbtools I found I needed
glib, for instance.

We were entertaining the idea of using a Windows Server.  If the
"mdbtools4j" option proves impractical, we will probably opt for that.

Thanks and regards,

Jan.