VBA - provider cannot be found with accdb format - excel

Question

With the below code i get the following error when ran provider cannot be found, The below code is copied and edited from the net, It previously used .mdb files but I tried to change it to .accdb because thats the format I need it in. I'm trying to make a macro that when ran copies certain cells into a database, adding to it.
I get this error
run-time error "3706"
Provider cannot be found it may not be properly installed
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Const TARGET_DB = "testdb.accdb"
Sub AlterOneRecord()
Dim cnn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
Dim fld As ADODB.Field
Dim MyConn
Dim lngRow As Long
Dim lngID As String
Dim j As Long
Dim sSQL As String
'determine the ID of the current record and define the SQL statement
lngRow = ActiveCell.Row
lngID = Cells(lngRow, 1).Value
sSQL = "SELECT * FROM tblPopulation WHERE PopID = " & lngID
Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection
MyConn = ThisWorkbook.path & Application.PathSeparator & TARGET_DB
With cnn
.Provider = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;"
.Open MyConn
End With
Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
rst.CursorLocation = adUseServer
rst.Open Source:=sSQL, _
ActiveConnection:=cnn, _
CursorType:=adOpenKeyset, _
LockType:=adLockOptimistic
'Load contents of modified record from Excel to Access.
'do not load the ID again.
For j = 2 To 7
rst(Cells(1, j).Value) = Cells(lngRow, j).Value
Next j
rst.Update
' Close the connection
rst.Close
cnn.Close
Set rst = Nothing
Set cnn = Nothing
End Sub
Is there an easier way to do this? or should I try and fix this?

Answer 1

What you are missing is complete connection string to your data base file.
(More about connection string)
I give you a rough idea which usually works with my code:
remove this line in your code:
.Provider = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;"
instead use this one:
.ConnectionString= "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;"
or you could use this one instead:
.Provider = "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0"
For further information you could see this w3schools website.