How to Connect .NET Core ASP Application to MS Access database

Question

I am trying to create an .net core asp mvc app which will read/write to an MS Access database.

I can't seem to find any information on how this can be achieved, or whether it is in fact possible, apart from this question , but none of the answeres there actually give any useful informtion.

For instance the top answer suggests using Access Database Engine , but there is no mention on how to actually connect to it.

The next answer talks about using Jet , but I got stuck with this issue , and it seems that its not actually supported in dotnet core..

Is it actually the case that I can't access a .mdb file using dotnet core?

If it is possible, could anyone point me towards some sample code or give any guidance as to how this can be done?

Answer 1

You need a custom Connection String that will allow you to access the .mdb file. Use this as your connection string building reference.

You could then instantiate a connection towards the database like this:

using (OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(ConnectionString)){

     connection.Open();

}

Answer 2

I think the use of OLE DB is deprecated in .net core as per this article.

What about OLE DB? OLE DB has been a great way to access various data sources in a uniform manner, but it was based on COM, which is a Windows-only technology, and as such was not the best fit for a cross-platform technology such as .NET Core. It is also unsupported in SQL Server versions 2014 and later. For those reasons, OLE DB won't be supported by .NET Core.