Microsoft Access with DBine
How to connect DBine to Microsoft Access and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Microsoft Access driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick Microsoft Access in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| File (.accdb / .mdb) required | A file on this computer. |
| Password | Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files. |
| ODBC driver | ODBC driver name as shown in the ODBC Data Source Administrator. It comes with Microsoft Access or with the Microsoft Access Database Engine (redistributable), Windows only; the 64- or 32-bit version must match DBine's. Default: Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) |
| Read-only | On or off. |
Advanced
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Additional attributes | They are appended to the end of the ODBC connection string and replace the ones with the same name (TLS, timeouts, character set, Kerberos or Windows integrated security…). Example: Key=Value;OtherKey=Value |
| Script sending | How a script is sent to the server. If the engine accepts several statements per request, “All text at once” keeps blocks such as BEGIN … END intact. Options: One statement at a time (separated by ;), Blocks separated by GO, All the text at once Default: One statement at a time (separated by ;) |
| ODBC library | Path to the ODBC driver manager (libodbc.2.dylib, libodbc.so.2 or odbc32.dll), only if it isn't found in the usual paths. A file on this computer. |
What the explorer shows
The objects appear right under the connection:
- Tables
- Views
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New view
Tools for Microsoft Access
Available
- Server monitor
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Visual designer for new objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Native bulk load when migrating data
Not available for Microsoft Access
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Rename objects
- Clone tables
- Users and permissions
- Backups
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the Microsoft Access driver 0.1.11, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Microsoft Access.