SQL Server and Android

Question

Is there any way to connect to a SQL Server from an Android application and execute/query SQL statements without Web Service/WCF etc?

Thanks.

Answer 1

No.

Last I checked, Android doesn't support JDBC (and there were no custom drivers) so you can't make connections straight from Androi to SQL Server.

Answer 2

FreeTDS is a library written in C and available under LGPL, which allows one to connect to MSSQL and Sybase servers. I don't think anyone has tried that, but I don't see why it shouldn't compile on Android NDK. Then you can wrap it into JNI classes, and use it from your Android app.