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Use jdbc:ucanaccess://C:/path/to/your/database.accdb . 2. Commercial Bridge Alternatives
Java 8 or later (versions 5.1.0+ require Java 11+ ). Setup: jdbc-odbc driver download for windows 10
Download the UCanAccess ZIP from official sources like GitHub .
Add the core ucanaccess.jar and its dependencies ( jackcess.jar , hsqldb.jar , etc.) to your project's classpath. 1 Answer 1
For most Windows 10 users, the best solution is the UCanAccess JDBC Driver . It is a pure Java implementation that allows you to read and write to .mdb and .accdb files without needing to configure a System DSN in the Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator.
How to connect my Access Database using Java - Stack Overflow Add the core ucanaccess
If your workflow strictly requires an ODBC bridge (e.g., you are connecting to a legacy system that only provides an ODBC driver), you can use third-party commercial bridges that support modern Java on Windows 10: Manipulating an Access database from Java without ODBC