Win98) might not include all needed files for handling MDB-files. On one hand ACCDB doesn't know user based security, on the other hand you can work with attachments inside the database file, for example.īoth versions can be controlled with “ODBC driver” or with “ OLE DB Provider”. The two versions (the former and the latter) are not compatible. The latter uses a modified Jet database engine, called “Access Database Engine” (ACE). Starting with MS Access 2007 (Office 12), Microsoft Access has begun to use the new file type ACCDB. It can be handled with the database engine “Jet 4.0”.
The file type MDB has been used by versions of Microsoft Access, from Access 97 (Office 8) up to Access 2003 (Office 11).
This description has been tested on WinXP Home, for other Windows versions it might work a little differently. KEXI can be installed on a Windows as well as Linux operating system.These article describes how to connect to a Microsoft Access database file, if you use a MS Windows operating system. It has been considered one of the competitors of MS Access. KEXI is an open-source program that enables developers to create visual database applications. You can use this tool to view the contents of your MDB file and further edit or update it as well. LibreOffice is another software that is compatible with Microsoft Office and is open source. Oxygen Professional Base has its origins in open-source OpenOffice. Similar to MS Office, Oxygen Professional Base provides database manipulation and management functions. You can use this application in absence of MS Access to open a. It is a database management system and provides all the functionalities required to create, manage and operate a database. We checked and found various such tools that you can use, they are: So, you need to switch to other tools that are specifically designed or programmed to view MDB files. It is not the only tool that can read this file format. MS Access may be responsible for creating the MDB file that you are trying to open.
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