Tutorial.. for Access (Office XP)

I am on a very tight budget at my home and I need help from someone... I can't afford to go out an spend $50.00 on a book so please help..

I really need a link (for a beginner) that will show me how to connect to an Acess database using Office XP MS Access and display and edit data.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Anjari

p.s. Merry Christmas Everyone

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/

Check out the 'Data Access Overview' tutorial

data access

I have some code here i have extracted from a project I am writing which may help. The Connection string is set at start of the project and I have enclosed code which fills the text boxes ( for a very simple data entry screen) with a data reader and then updates using a dataset when the user decides to change the details - maybe it will help.

regards

BH

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sorry - forgot the code - here it is

Module Modules
Public dbcConnection As String = "Provider = Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source = C:\MyFolder\MyDatabase.MDB;"
End Module

Private Sub DataRefresh()
'refresh the list box based on the current search filter

Dim sSql As String
Dim cn As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(dbcConnection)
cn.Open()

'set sql string to reflect search criteria
If txtSearch.Text = "" Then
sSql = "SELECT ID, UNCode, UNName FROM Unions ORDER BY UNCode"
Else
sSql = "SELECT ID, UNCode, UNName FROM Unions WHERE UnCode LIKE '%" & txtSearch.Text & "%' OR UNName LIKE '%" & txtSearch.Text & "%' ORDER BY UNCode"
End If

'open the ADO.NET Datareader
Dim cmd As New OleDb.OleDbCommand(sSql, cn)
Dim drd As OleDb.OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)

'fill flexgrid here
lstSearch.Rows = 1
lstSearch.FormatString = "ID|Code|Name"
lstSearch.set_ColWidth(0, 960)
lstSearch.set_ColWidth(1, 1200)
lstSearch.set_ColWidth(2, 2700)

Do While drd.Read
lstSearch.AddItem(drd!ID & vbTab & drd!UNCode & vbTab & drd!UNName)
Loop
drd.Close()

End Sub

Private Sub DataUpdate()
'this updates the database with details entered
Dim sSql As String

Dim cn As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(dbcConnection)

'find the selected record
sSql = "SELECT ID, UNCode, UnName " _
& "FROM Unions WHERE ID = " & mnCurrentId & " ORDER BY UNCode"

'open the ADO.NET Dataset
Dim cmd As New OleDb.OleDbCommand(sSql, cn)

'open the Data Adapter
Dim adapter As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(cmd)

'create a dataset and fill it with the required information
Dim dsTableTest As New DataSet()
cn.Open()
'the following command fills the default values and constraints such as autonumber fields
adapter.FillSchema(dsTableTest, SchemaType.Mapped, "Unions")
adapter.Fill(dsTableTest, "Unions")

Dim row As DataRow

'if this is add new record then add a blank row
If dsTableTest.Tables("Unions").Rows.Count = 0 Then
row = dsTableTest.Tables("Unions").NewRow
dsTableTest.Tables("Unions").Rows.Add(row)
End If

'move thru the table and update it with the new values - only 1 row
For Each row In dsTableTest.Tables("Unions").Rows
row("UNName") = txtName.Text
row("UNCode") = txtCode.Text

Next

'create the Command Builder
Dim cb As New OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(adapter)
adapter = cb.DataAdapter

'update the records
Dim nRowsAffected As Integer
Try

nRowsAffected = adapter.Update(dsTableTest, "Unions")
Catch myerror As Exception
MessageBox.Show(myerror.Message)
'MessageBox.Show(adapter.UpdateCommand.CommandText)

Finally
End Try

cn.Close()

End Sub