How do we connect to SQL SERVER, which namespace do we use in .NET
elow is the code, after the code we will try to understand the same in a more detailed manner. For this sample, we will also need a SQL Table setup, which I have imported, using the DTS wizard.
Private Sub LoadData()
‘ note :- with and end with makes your code more readable
Dim strConnectionString As String
Dim objConnection As New SqlConnection
Dim objCommand As New SqlCommand
Dim objReader As SqlDataReader
Try
‘ this gets the connectionstring from the app.config file.
‘ note if this gives error see where the MDB file is stored in your pc and point to thastrConnectionString = AppSettings.Item(“ConnectionString”)
‘ take the connectiostring and initialize the connection object
With objConnection
.ConnectionString = strConnectionString
.Open()
End With
objCommand = New SqlCommand(“Select FirstName from Employees”)
With objCommand
.Connection = objConnection
objReader = .ExecuteReader()
End With
‘ looping through the reader to fill the list box
Do While objReader.Read()
lstData.Items.Add(objReader.Item(“FirstName”))
Loop
Catch ex As Exception
Throw ex
Finally
objConnection.Close()
End Try
