Do MDB's require Access?

[Tim Wilson]

I've been searching for an answer to this but have yet to come up with
something so here goes:
Does Access need to be installed in order to perform searching/updating/etc.
on a MDB database programmatically? Or could I get away with a [.Net
Framework] + [MDAC 2.7] + [Jet 4.0] configuration without Access, or
something similar?

Thanks

 

[Norman Yuan]

No, you do not need MS Access installed.

 

[Larry Linson]

Let me qualify what Norman said: if you are talking about accessing an MDB
that contains tables and relationships, that is a Jet database engine
database, and there are a number of ways to access it: vbscript, javascript
in .asps, or C++ or VB calling DAO or ADO.

If you want to take advantage of the Access forms, reports, macros, or
modules -- you'd have to have Access, either retail or the runtime from the
Developer Tools.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

No, you do not need MS Access installed.

I've been searching for an answer to this but have yet to come up with
something so here goes:
Does Access need to be installed in order to perform searching/updating/etc.
on a MDB database programmatically? Or could I get away with a [.Net
Framework] + [MDAC 2.7] + [Jet 4.0] configuration without Access, or
something similar?

Thanks

 

[Tim Wilson]

Thanks for the information. Much appreciated.

--
Tim Wilson
..Net Compact Framework MVP

Let me qualify what Norman said: if you are talking about accessing an MDB
that contains tables and relationships, that is a Jet database engine
database, and there are a number of ways to access it: vbscript, javascript
in .asps, or C++ or VB calling DAO or ADO.

If you want to take advantage of the Access forms, reports, macros, or
modules -- you'd have to have Access, either retail or the runtime from the
Developer Tools.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

No, you do not need MS Access installed.

I've been searching for an answer to this but have yet to come up with
something so here goes:
Does Access need to be installed in order to perform searching/updating/etc.
on a MDB database programmatically? Or could I get away with a [.Net
Framework] + [MDAC 2.7] + [Jet 4.0] configuration without Access, or
something similar?

Thanks