Accessing MS Access database from Visual C++ 6.0

[Rajesh Dorai]

Greetings-

I would like to choose a database format for a package I am writing in C++.
I am going to be using someone else's data. The data is actually on a Oracle
server and I am told that it can be given to me in formats such as MS Access
(or similar).

1. Since I will be using Visual C++, I was wondering if anyone can suggest
to me if MS Access would be the best choice or is there any other format I
can use.
2. Also, I would appreciate if you can tell me if I can actually write a
code in C++ to access the data in MS Access?

FYI, I will mostly be reading from the database as opposed to writing.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Rajesh.