Reading Microsoft access database (MDB) using openxml.

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May i know using OpenXML, can we read microsoft access database (MDB)? If so, any reference is available? All the examples talks about processing Xls, PPT or word and did not find any on MDB.

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All the examples talks about processing Xls, PPT or word and did not find any on MDB.

Posted 21-May-20 22:52pm

Sampath579

Updated 21-May-20 23:51pm

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Maciej Los 22-May-20 4:54am

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-21T22:57:00

Solution 1

No, you cannot use OpenXML to open a .mdb file.

Posted 21-May-20 22:57pm

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Maciej Los 22-May-20 5:55am

5ed!

phil.o 22-May-20 6:15am

Thanks :)

Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-21T23:52:00

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If you do not have Microsoft Access you can read the file's contents through the OLEDB interface using the Download Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable from Official Microsoft Download Center[^] . This article: Working with MS Excel(xls / xlsx) Using MDAC and Oledb[^], although written with Excel in mind will show how to get the schema tables and from there how to read the individual records of the database using normal SQL commands.

Posted 21-May-20 23:52pm

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Updated 21-May-20 23:53pm

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Maciej Los 22-May-20 5:55am

5ed!

Richard MacCutchan 22-May-20 6:05am

:thumbsup:

Sampath579 22-May-20 10:10am

Thanks. Basically i dont want to depend on office software which is heavy prerequisite. So which one would give a better performance? Office components or OLDB and my application is 64bit.

Richard MacCutchan 22-May-20 11:25am

OLEDB works fine for reading access databases. Performance will, as always, depend on what you are doing.