title: Can't Open an Access ODBC Connection
body: <p>I have a program in which it tests to see if it can make a Database connection. It either connects to a SQL Server db via ODBC or a Microsoft Access (.mdb) via ODBC. The Sql one works fine but I can't not figure out how to get the access one to work.</p>
  
  <pre><code>System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection odbcConn = new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection();
  if ({SQL})//If SQL, setup SQL server connection string
      odbcConn.ConnectionString = @"Driver={SQL Server};Server={server};Database={DB};@";Uid=     {uid};Pwd={pwd};";
  else //Otherwise it's access so setup access string
      odbcConn.ConnectionString = @"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq={path}\test.mdb;Pwd={pwd};";
  
  string testQuery = "SELECT 1";
  OdbcCommand odbcComm = new OdbcCommand(testQuery);
  try
  {
     odbcComm.Connection = odbcConn;
     odbcConn.Open();
     odbcComm.ExecuteNonQuery();
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works fine for SQL server. No matter what I do though, I can't get it to connect using Access, even though I have another program that simply uses that connection string for access and works fine as well, but it won't work here. I tried doing the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>odbcComm.CommandText = "Select 1";
  OdbcDataReader data = odbcComm.ExecuteReader();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and that didn't work either. What am I missing? What do I have to do to open an Access connection? It fails right at the odbcConn.Open() line.</p>