Visual Basic Database Connectivity An Introductory Guide
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Page 1 Visual Basic Database Connectivity An Introductory Guide Create the VB . Net Application Create a blank VB . Net solution in your account and add a new project to the solution.
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Visual Basic Database Connectivity
An Introductory Guide
Create the VB . Net Application
Create a blank VB . Net solution in your account and add a new
project to the solution. This should automatically create a blank
form for you. Also copy the Authors. mdb database file from the
COMP315 library folder into your account.
Using Data Adapters and Data Sets
To manipulate data in an access database you need to use a data
adapter to connect to the database and a data set to manipulate
the data.
Creating the Data Adapter
To create a Data Adapter that contains the SQL statement you
want to populate the dataset with, do the following:
Click on the Data tab in the tool box and then double click on the
OleDb Data Adapter control to add it into the form. The Data
Adapter Configuration Wizard will automatically appear to help
you configure the Data Adapter.
Figure 1. Location of the Data tab in the toolbox.
Click on Next> to move to the next screen. Now the Data
connection to use box should be blank so click on the New
Connection button to configure the new connection. Select the
Provider tab and then select Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider
and then click on Next> .
The Data tab
Visual Basic Database Connectivity Guide
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In section 1 where it asks for the database to use, click on the …
button and then navigate to and select the Authors. mdb database
and click on the Open button. Leave section 2 as it is. Your
screen should look similar to this:
Figure 2. Completed Data Link Properties.
Click on the Test Connection button and you should get a
message saying Test Connection Succeeded. If you dont then
check you have followed the instructions above. Click on OK to
return to the Data Adapter Wizard and then click on the Next>
button.
Make sure that Use SQL statements is selected and then click on
the Next> butt ...
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