How to connect to a database in the server

Hi all

I am new in visual basic and am creating a application in visual basic which has a central database which is there in the server on the lan env. but how can i connect user to the server for accessing the database from the server from the terminal

how ? please help me out
thanks

There are a number of ways to connect to that database...
But Im gonna teach you something which I think would be best....

It depends on the database that you have... However, one thing is common, configuring windows' ODBC data sources, you can connect to any database on other machines, provided you have the drivers for those databases.... (are u familiar with windows ODBC?)...

Like Sybase's SQL Server Anywhere.. or Enterprise blah blah..... and so on and so forth, the danger is you might not have those drivers installed on the client. Each vendor has its own installer for this.

But if its an MS Access Database (*.MDB), windows has it by default. So you can easily configure ODBC on the client machine, to point to that database on the server. You then need DAO or ADO(I prefer ADO) to connect to the ODBC data source on the client machine. It will be the ODBC which will be responsible for connecting to the remote database(on the server).

Prerequisite: knowledge on ADO or DAO, knowledge on Configuring ODBC data sources on Windows...

I really hope this helps.

what kind of a database are you trying to connect to, anyway? you might want to try adding a data environment to your program. just hit Project, then Add Data Environment. Then right click on Connection1 and hit properties, and then alter the properties to your specifications.

Then you can use the Data View Window button to drag and drop the tables/queries that you need.

hope this helps.

I connect to an Access databases using the following code:

Public Function Gain_DB_Access()

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

MyPath = CurDir
Set DB = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(MyPath & "\data\SAPChx.mdb", False, False, ";pwd=SaPcHxX")

ErrorHandler: ' Error-handling routine.
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox ("Error " & Err.Number & " " & Err.Description & " occurred!")
Else
Exit Function
End If


End Function

+++++ Code above in my module +++++

+++++ Code below access the database +++++

Data3.DatabaseName = MyPath & "\data\SAPChx.mdb"
Data3.Refresh ' Open the Database.
Data3.Recordset.MoveFirst
t1_host = Data3.Recordset.Fields("T1_Host").Value
t2_host = Data3.Recordset.Fields("T2_Host").Value
Data3.Database.Close


Hope this helps.

1) Don't use ODBC to connect to an Access database, use the OLE-DB Provider instead.

2) Don't use DAO when you can use ADO.

3) If you are planning on more than 10 users to be accessing your database at once, don't use Access at all.