Accessing MDB files on Windows

[Steve Holden]

Jorge Luiz Godoy Filho wrote:

> Larry Bates, Quarta 19 Janeiro 2005 14:01, wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm assuming the application will be run on Windows.
> 
> 
> You're right.  It will be run on Windows.  I discarded some other platform
> due to the difficulty of supporting this file format.
>  
> 
>>You can use ODBC or DAO.
>>
>>An DAO solution that I wrote (and use) can be found
>>at:
>>
>>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/303349
> 
> 
> Thanks!  I'm looking at it. 
> 
> 
>>For ODBC you would just use the standard library module.
> 
> 
> Thanks.  I'll be trying the DAO first.
> 
Note that DAO is a very old library, and nowadays ADO would probably be 
the preferred method in the Windows environment (can DAO even *use* 
oledb providers?). ADO libraries are available - see

   http://www.markcarter.me.uk/computing/python/ado.html

for example, or Google for "python ado". Bottom line, there are many 
ways to skin this particular cat.

regards
  Steve
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