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StelsMDB JDBC Driver
Copyright (c) 2008-2010 J-Stels Software

INTRODUCTION

StelsMDB is a MDB JDBC type 4 driver that allows to perform SQL queries and other JDBC operations on Microsoft Access database files (MS Access 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 versions). The driver is completely platform-independent and does not require installing additional client or server software to provide access to MDB files. It can be effectively used to create, process and export MDB databases in your Java applications.

Features:

- It supports most keywords of ANSI SQL 92

- It supports inner and outer table joins

- It supports CREATE, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements

- It supports aggregate, converting, string and user-defined SQL functions

- It supports transactions

- It is platform independent

TRIAL VERSION
The trial version may be used for evaluation purposes only. For detailed information concerning StelsMDB licenses and order methods please visit http://www.csv-jdbc.com/order.htm#StelsMDB
Differences between the trial version and the licensed version:

- The trial version of the driver allows executing not more than 50 queries at once.

- SELECT queries return the first 1000 records in the result set.

Ordering benefits:

- Full version of the StelsMDB driver without limitations

- Free technical support via e-mail

- Free major and minor updates

- 10 % discount on our other products

REQUIREMENTS

- Any OS supporting Java platform (Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Unix, Linux, MacOS ...)

- JDK 1.5 or later

- RAM 256 MB

FILES

mdbdriver\ | StelsMDB java archive file + third-party libraries jars
doc\doc.htm | Documentation
doc\sqlsyntax.htm | SQL syntax supported in the driver
examples\ | Examples

THIRD-PARTY COPYRIGHT

Jackcess - a Java library for reading from and writing to MS Access databases. It is distributed in the compiled binary form together with StelsMDB under GNU Lesser General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html). You can download the complete source code of Jackcess at http://jackcess.sourceforge.net. Copyright (C) 2005-2008, Health Market Science.

Apache commons-lang, commons-logging, log4j libraries are distributed in the compiled binary form together with StelsMDB under Apache License 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html). You can download the latest versions of these libraries at http://commons.apache.org. Copyright (C) 2001-2008, The Apache Software Foundation.

INSTALLING
Add the driver jar files (mdbdriver.jar + required third-party libraries) to your classpath or extract these jars to the directory of your application.

STARTING
Please read the documentation for how to use StelsMDB. Also, you can run examples that demonstrate the use of the driver.

CONTACTS

info@csv-jdbc.com | Common questions
support@csv-jdbc.com | Support questions
bugs@csv-jdbc.com | Bug reports

OUR PRODUCTS

StelsCSV - a JDBC driver for CSV/Text files

StelsXML - a JDBC driver for XML files

StelsDBF - a JDBC driver for DBF (dBase, xBase, FoxPro) files

StelsMDB - a JDBC driver for MS Access database (MDB) files.

StelsEngine - a fast in-memory SQL engine (in-memory JDBC) for processing data in Java applications.

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