[ale] Need to connect to a MS Access database from Linux

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)]

Is there a Perl module?  Then the perl code could emit XML that the java
could easily read?

On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 13:45, Geoffrey wrote:
> gchendry at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > Need to connect to a MS Access database from Linux
> > 
> > Specifics: Yes, I have to use MS Access : (
> > 
> > I have a Linux server that has a samba mounted directory from a NT
> > server containing the MS Access database. Thus I have local access to
> > the database file. I want to write standalone Java and tomcat:JSP
> > programs on the Linux server to access this database.
> 
> Does it have to be Java?  You could do it with Perl and odbc.