Microsoft Access, although much requested by users, it definitely NOT the ideal database to use for web applications. To make matters worse, the JDBC/ODBC bridge is not considered thread safe. If, due to application requirements, you must use Microsoft Access as your back end database, it is highly recommended that you at purchase a license for a more industrial strength JDBC/ODBC bridge such as that sold by EasySoft .

Configuration File:

	<context name="default">
		<description>MS Access Database</description>
		<hasSetupTables>true</hasSetupTables>
		<jdbc driver="sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" 
			url="jdbc:odbc:Expresso" connectFormat="1" 
			login="" password="" cache="yes"
			escapeHandler="com.jcorporate.expresso.core.db.DoubleQuoteEscapeHandler"/>
		<images>%context%/%expresso-dir%/images</images>
		<startJobHandler>n</startJobHandler>
		<showStackTrace>y</showStackTrace>
		<mailDebug>n</mailDebug>	
	</context>

To Install, run DBCreate, and UNCHECK the "Verify Created Tables" option as shown in the picture below:

DBCreate with MS Access

Click Run, and your Microsoft Access database should be created for you.