How to connect to MS Access....

[Pete Smith]

How to connect to MS Aceess using vb.net & .Net Framework 1.1?
System.Data.Odbc or

System.Data.SqlClient ?

What is the rightway of doing this?

Thank you,

Pete

 

[Cyril Gupta]

Hello,

The correct namespace is Microsoft.Data.OleDB

Regards
Cyril Gupta

 

[Guest]

Pete,

System.Data.OleDb

Kerry Moorman

 

[Pete Smith]

Thank you for the reply.
What about "System.Data.Odbc" ?
Pete

 

[Paul Clement]

¤ Thank you for the reply.
¤ What about "System.Data.Odbc" ?
¤ Pete

No, don't use it as the basis for your application. That would require the MS Access ODBC driver
which isn't as stable at the Jet OLEDB Provider.


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

 

[Pete Smith]

Thank you for the suggestion.
Pete