Connecting to SQL Server from ADO.Net

Can anyone show me an example of how to connect to SQL server and retrieve a recordset for my asp.net page?

Cheers.

Dim strConn as string
Dim strSql as string

strConn = "connection string"
strSql = "Sql statement"

Dim Conn as new sqlClient.SqlConnection(strConn)
Dim adptExample as new sqlClient.dataAdapter(strSql,strConn)
Dim ds as new dataset
adptExample.fill(ds)

this will give you your dataset which you then can bind to a control or if you want to can access through code.