Is it not possible to open M.S. access file?

[rockon209]

@hskoglund

i already tried downloaded and intalled the drivers, even though i have M.S Office installed on my computer. But getting the same error.

[Andy314]

Hi @rockon209
which Qt Version do you use?

[rockon209]

@Andy314
I am using Qt 5.7.0

[Andy314]

Hi @rockon209
the QtCompany had the idea to do not distribute the binarys for the ODBC driver anymore. That was in Version 5.5 and 5.6 I think. I initiated a discussion about it. The result was that the driver should be integrated again. I dont know if this is in 5.7 really the case.

Look if you have in the path like C:\Qt2\5.6\msvc2015\plugins\sqldrivers
the qsqlodbc files.

[rockon209]

@Andy314

yes the file is present in the path.

[Andy314]

Hello @rockon209,
oh I am happy :-)

Now your Problem:
It must work ! I use it since 1 year.

We must find the error systhematic.
First you should try a connection via the windows Windows-ODBC tool.
I there is something wrong we must not look on Qt.

[rockon209]

@Andy314
How to do that bcoz i new to this database access. I dont know how it works. Could you help me?

[Andy314]

Hi @rockon209

Search in Windows for "ODBC".
Open the Program, dont know the english name. Something like "ODBC-Datasource 32-bit"
Tabpage Drivers: Is there a entry like Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) ?

more later...

[Devopia53]

@rockon209

Hi.

Perhaps, you have a very minor problem.
Compare the connection strings below.

db.setDatabaseName("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver(*.mdb, *.accdb)}; DBQ=C:/MyFolder/Database1.accdb;"); // It's not OK!

db.setDatabaseName("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)}; DBQ=C:/MyFolder/Database1.accdb;"); // It's OK!

The ODBC driver is installed by default on Windows.

[rockon209]

@Andy314

Yes entry is there in the Drivers Tab

@Devopia53
i tried it doest work same error again

[Andy314]

Jup, use exactly the name shown in the ODBC tool !!!!!

[rockon209]

ok thank you very much guys it worked i was not using the proper syntax.
Thank you very much.

[Andy314]

Go in the ODBC tool to the File-DSN tab.

Top right button like Add or Create new
choose the Access odbc driver -> click >>
as next set a filename -> click >>
next windows choose a *.accdb file
ready -> you have a DSN file which defines the connection.

I thought the ODBC tool has a function to test this connection directly, but it has not. So a file.dsn testing program would be nice ....
I found out a testing methode with Excel Data Tab->Extern Data -> Data connection Assistant -> ODBC DSN -> and choosed the pervious integrated dsn-file.

Nevertheless you should use the content of this file as the connect string in Qt.
only DRIVER and DBQ are important here.

and you should check in Qt:
```
bool ok=QSqlDatabase::isDriverAvailable("QODBC");
if(!ok)
{
ErrorMsg="No ODBC driver available!";
return 1;
}

[konglyn]

i guess your os is win7 x64 and you are using Qt 5.7 x64 with access 2013 x86
try installing access 2013 runtime x64 , you can download it from microsoft