MS Access

How can I display a MS Access db in VB.NET?

vb_Tux,

the answer to that question has filled many books in bookstores around the world.

can you be more specific? like, do you wish to connect to an access db? add records? delete, update records? reports? grids?

I have a .mdb file, how would I go about getting the contents of that? (displaying it into a data grid to be specific)

VB Code:

'Create DataSet (thru adapter fill ds from table)
 
Imports System.Data.Oledb
 
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
    'form level declarations
    Dim cn As OleDbConnection
    Dim sConn As String
    Dim ds As DataSet
    Dim da As OleDbDataAdapter
 
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim sDBNAme As String = "c:\TestDB\TestDB.mdb"
        Dim sSQL As String = "select * from PRQ"
        sConn = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & sDBNAme & ";Persist Security Info=False"
        cn = New OleDbConnection(sConn)
 
        ds = New DataSet()
        da = New OleDbDataAdapter(sSQL, cn)
        da.Fill(ds, "TableName")
            'Bind dataGrid to DataSet
            dg.DataSource = ds.Tables("TableName")
 
            'Clean memory (Like Setting to Nothing)
            ds.Dispose()
            da.Dispose()
 
    End Sub
End CLass

Oh thanks :D Your solved my problem, although I feel I hi-jacked vb_TuX's thread :D

That example is pretty good for beginners, thanks Iouri!