Database connection

[PankajChandak]

Hello .netians

I am new to .net platform and going through reference book
I am tring to connect with access database through .net .

In the book it is said to import namaspace like
system.data and system.data.ado

but i am not to get system.data.ado

I want to know that Is it .net installation problem or anything else.
Any body can answer this simple prob.

Thanks in advance

[vbpahuja]

If you want to access database then you need to use:

for non sqlserver as well as sqlserver (all versions) databases
system.data.oledb

for sqlserver 7.0 & 2000 databases, use
system.data.sqlclient
(it is optimized for that)

i have never came across
system.data.ado

[nswan]

i got a few examples on my site.

www.vb-tech.com