Visual Basic Data Base

[Guest]

I want to create a simple database program using VB in wich I could put each
of my classmates and giving them attributes based on physical description
like gender, age, eye color, hair color, etc... The program must be some
kind of search engine in wich I can search using those attributes and show
results in order of match percentage.

If I search for males with blue eyes and brown hair, I should get:
100% Males, blue eyes, brown hair.
66% Males, blue eyes, other hair
66% Males, other eyes, brown hair
33% Males, other eyes, other hair.

If anybody has some skills in programing, please give me a hint, or a link
for how to create such a program. I did it some time ago using a program
called toolbook but now I want to try something like visual basic 2005.

 

[Tom Willett]

Have you considered asking in the Visual Basic newsgroups?

|I want to create a simple database program using VB in wich I could put
each
| of my classmates and giving them attributes based on physical description
| like gender, age, eye color, hair color, etc... The program must be some
| kind of search engine in wich I can search using those attributes and show
| results in order of match percentage.
|
| If I search for males with blue eyes and brown hair, I should get:
| 100% Males, blue eyes, brown hair.
| 66% Males, blue eyes, other hair
| 66% Males, other eyes, brown hair
| 33% Males, other eyes, other hair.
|
| If anybody has some skills in programing, please give me a hint, or a link
| for how to create such a program. I did it some time ago using a program
| called toolbook but now I want to try something like visual basic 2005.

 

[Guest]

visual basic if fun but requires
time, dedication and patience.
and if your looking to make a
quick project, you are really
leaping into the realm of
programming by using visual
basic.

instead i suggest to use either
ms access or excel spreadsheet
and looking for a template could be
a better solution, then learning
programming from scratch.

if you do not have these office
programs, there is a freeware called
open office that has similar
database building modules.

if however, you are set to
use visual basic as the medium
for your project, you should buy
the programming book and or this link
can be helpful to further your technical
know how:

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&form=MSHOME&setlang=en-US&q=visual+basic


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[Newbie Coder]

X,

VB.NET Newsgroup:

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

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If you use the above newsgroup NEVER listen to Herfried as he has no idea of
what he is talking about. You ask for something & he will search Google get you
something that is not even close to what you want & in a different language.
Example:

You want database programming in VB.NET
Herfriend reply: Google link to: How to create a control in C++ but written in
Japanese or how to bake cakes in written in Afrikaan

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Free Source Code:

http://www.planet-source-code.com

Paid Coders:

http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/default.asp

Microsoft KBase (VB.NET):

http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1&spid=2965

Microsoft KBase (VB):

http://support.microsoft.com/search/?spid=1105&adv=1

For a fantastic VB 6 forum you can go to:

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/vb/


If you want to create a simple application in pre-vb.net then its simple:

If you have VS 6 Enterprise then start a new application, add a reference to the
adodb controls for name..., add a adodb data control to the form & your
textboxes, use the bind properties for the textboxes & create the datasource...
from the adodb connection wizard... & you have a working database project with
zero lines of code

VB.NET needs you to add references to System.Data:

Imports System.Data
etc etc etc

Which connection are you going to use? SQL etc

Microsoft has 101 VB.NET Examples that include database programming...

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/vbasic/ms789075.aspx#data

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f8-033d-420b-a3b1-3074505c03f3&displaylang=en

Simple Examples:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms364044(VS.80).aspx

Me personally would write your application in XML because you don't need a lot
of info & a small XML file compared to a database makes sense

Hope this helps,