require 'rubygems'
require 'java'

Java::sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
conn = java.sql.DriverManager.get_connection("jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=hello.mdb", "", "")
stmt = conn.create_statement

rs = stmt.execute_query("SELECT 'Hello, JDBC Type1 World!' AS Message")

while (rs.next) do
  puts rs.getString(1)
end

rs.close
stmt.close
conn.close