Open a password protected MDB File in C#

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Hello Experts,

What will be the connection string for opening a password protected MDB file.

I am using .NET OleDbConnection class, for opening this file.

I am able to open a unprotected MDB file, and do required operations on it.

Prateek.

Posted 26-Feb-11 0:13am

Katiyar S.

Updated 26-Feb-11 1:14am

thatraja

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Take a look at this:
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/ms-office-tips/ms-access-to-sql-database/[^]

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is a free edition of SQL Server[^] - you can even include SQL Server Express along with your solution.

If you can - get rid of the whole mdb thing - it's a waste of time and effort ...

If you need to synchronize data between multiple servers, take a look at this:
SQL Server Replication[^]

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Espen Harlinn

Posted 26-Feb-11 0:53am

Espen Harlinn

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Praveen Kumar Katiyar · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-26T00:21:00

Solution 1

Just modify your connection string as

string strFile = "D\\WORKS\\MyData.mdb";
string strPass ="MDBPassword";

string connectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + strFile + ";Jet OLEDB:Database Password=" + strPass + ";";

change the variable strFile and strPass, and rest do as you do now.

cheers

Praveen.

Posted 26-Feb-11 0:21am

Praveen Kumar Katiyar

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Espen Harlinn 26-Feb-11 6:40am

Try that in a 64-bit environment :-( no joy