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I am a student How to connect to access database using code ( not using wizard) and retrive values in the textbox in c# using visual studio 2008.

I have to extract 3 fields from the access database.

Do anybody know. Pl help.

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OleDbConnection is the standard class to query an Access database. Here's an example.

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Start by reading up on ADO.NET and then use the OleDb Data Provider. Once you have the values it should be trivial to put them into a text box.

Here is a good ADO.NET tutorial:

And some good OLEDB info:

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In addition: Get the "Visual C# 2010 Samples" from

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/cs2010samples/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home

and look at the

"OLEDB: Demonstrates how to use a Microsoft Access database from C# by creating a dataset and adding tables to it."

sample.

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Sorry about missing that. In an attempt to compensate: I tried (and succeded) in compiling & running the solution using Visual C# 2008 (Express) - after copying the .mdb to bin\debug

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