Mega Code Archive
Use OdbcCommand to read data in Access database and fill the DataGrid
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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Odbc;
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
private System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid dataGrid1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button2;
public Form1() {
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.dataGrid1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid();
this.button2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGrid1)).BeginInit();
this.SuspendLayout();
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 240);
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 32);
this.button1.Text = "Get Data From Biblio";
this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
this.dataGrid1.DataMember = "";
this.dataGrid1.HeaderForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText;
this.dataGrid1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
this.dataGrid1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(280, 224);
this.button2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(120, 240);
this.button2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 32);
this.button2.Text = "Get Data From Access Northwind";
this.button2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button2_Click);
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
this.button2,
this.dataGrid1,
this.button1});
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGrid1)).EndInit();
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
[STAThread]
static void Main() {
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
private OdbcConnection cn;
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
try {
cn = new OdbcConnection("DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=.;uid=admin;pwd=pw;database=biblio");
cn.Open();
OdbcCommand sc = new OdbcCommand("SELECT title, price FROM titles WHERE title LIKE 'Hi%'", cn);
OdbcDataAdapter da = new OdbcDataAdapter(sc);
DataSet ds = new DataSet("TitlesDS");
da.Fill(ds);
dataGrid1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
} catch (Exception ex) {
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
} finally {
cn.Close();
}
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
try {
cn = new OdbcConnection(@"DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\NorthWind.mdb");
cn.Open();
OdbcCommand sc = new OdbcCommand("SELECT * from Employees", cn);
OdbcDataAdapter da = new OdbcDataAdapter(sc);
DataSet ds = new DataSet("TitlesDS");
da.Fill(ds);
dataGrid1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
} catch (Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show("You probably need to change the file path to NorthWind.MDB used in the OdbcConnection Constructor\n or move a copy of the NorthWind.mdb to c:\\");
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
} finally {
cn.Close();
}
}
}
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