java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Could not find file

[mp_108]

Background:

I am developing in Eclipse and using Struts 2 framework to build and deploy .war file to JBoss. 4.2.3GA

There is an action class that I am using to insert a user into a database table - pretty simple stuff

I get the following exception for executeUpdate() method.

DEBUG com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.debug:68 - Executing action method = execute

[STDOUT] >>>>>>>>>>insert into catNav.USERS values('mm', 'pp', 88, '[e-mail]');

[STDOUT] java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Could not find file 'C:\java\jboss-4.2.3.GA\bin\catNav.mdb'.

I am provide the full path to the database .mdb file but the exception is referring to file in jboss folder, which is does no exist.  I am struggling to find a solution to resolve this.  The path, using either \\ or / file separators is validated as an exception occurs if invalid path is defined.

The code is below; I have the same code in a standalone Java program that executes successfully (I verify row was added)  .... but fails when running on JBoss

public String execute() throws Exception {
  
  //call Service class to store personBean's state in database
  final String dbName = "catNav";

  Connection con = null; // The connection to the database.
 
  Statement stmt = null;
 
  // The following code can throw errors, so they must be caught.
  try{

   // First, tell Java what driver to use and where to find it.
   Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");

  
   // Next, create a connection to your data source.
   // Specify that you are using the ODBC-JDBC Bridge.
   // And specify the data source name from ODBC.
   String database =
             "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=C:/Users/mp/Documents/Work/JDBC/catNav.mdb;";
  
   con = DriverManager.getConnection(database, "", "");

   /* also tried:
   con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:catNavDB");
   */
  
   // Create an SQL statement.
   stmt = con.createStatement();
 
   // Execute some SQL to create a table in your database.
   // If the table already exists, an exception is thrown!
   String sqlSt = "insert into " + dbName +
     ".USERS " +
     "values('" + personBean.getFirstName() + "', " +  // FIRST_NAME
     "'" + personBean.getLastName() + "', " +          // LAST_NAME
     personBean.getAge() + ", " +                      // AGE
     "'" + personBean.getEmail() + "'); "  ;           // EMAIL
  
   // display SQL statment
   System.out.println (">>>>>>>>>>" + sqlSt );
  
   stmt.executeUpdate( sqlSt); 
  
   }
   // Catch any exceptions that are thrown.
   etc.
                      

[mp_108]

excpetion occurred because of prefixing the database name to the table in the SQL statement

ie. insert into catNav.USERS values

gave exception

corrected:

insert into USERS values