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I have access database file with 7

tables in it but I don't know how to
8 connect and show all tables, If some
one can help me?

this is my code but it doesn't show

anything
6
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection();
String connection = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data
Source=|DataDirectory|\\Tables.accdb;Persist Security Info=True";
string sql = "SELECT Clients FROM Tables";
conn.ConnectionString = connection;
conn.Open();
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataGridView dataGridView1 = new DataGridView();
BindingSource bSource = new BindingSource();
OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(sql,conn);
adapter.Fill(ds);
//conn.Close();
dataGridView1.DataSource = ds;

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edited Jun 10 '13 at 12:28

Mike Perrenoud
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asked Jun 10 '13 at 12:26

user2386687
54 1 1 5

closed as not a real question by

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Jun 10 '13 at 14:53
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 Use
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
instead? – Alvin Wong Jun 10 '13 at
12:30

@AlvinWong - That would mean his

software would not function as a 64-bit
process since that provider is not
supported on 64-bit operating
systems. – Security Hound Jun 10 '13
at 12:49

I used
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 it
doesn't work and then I tried 12.0. –
user2386687 Jun 10 '13 at 14:29

2 Answers

Try this code,

15 public void ConnectToAccess()

{
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnec
// TODO: Modify the connection st
// additional required properties
conn.ConnectionString = @"Provide
@"Data source= C:\Documents a
@"My Documents\AccessFile.mdb
try
{
conn.Open();
// Insert code to process dat
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Failed to co
}
finally
{
conn.Close();
}
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/5ybdbtte(v=vs.71).aspx

answered Jun 10 '13 at 12:30

Chamika Sandamal
19.7k 3 52 76

1 That only works for Access Databases

older than Access 2007 –
Fandango68 Jan 20 '18 at 3:31

You are building a DataGridView on

the fly and set the DataSource for it.
4 That's good, but then do you add the
DataGridView to the Controls
collection of the hosting form?

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 By the way the code is a bit confused

String connection = "Provider=Microso

Source=|DataDirectory|\\Tables.accdb;
string sql = "SELECT Clients FROM T
using(OleDbConnection conn = new OleD
{
conn.Open();
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataGridView dataGridView1 = new
using(OleDbDataAdapter adapter =
{
adapter.Fill(ds);
dataGridView1.DataSource = d
// Of course, before addint
// set position, location an
// Why don't you create the
instead?
this.Controls.Add(dataGridVi
}
}

EDIT After the comments below it is

clear that there is a bit of confusion
between the file name
(TABLES.ACCDB) and the name of
the table CLIENTS.
The SELECT statement is defined (in
its basic form) as

SELECT field_names_list FROM _tablen

so the correct syntax to use for

retrieving all the clients data is

string sql = "SELECT * FROM Clients

where the * means -> all the fields

present in the table

edited Jun 10 '13 at 14:56

answered Jun 10 '13 at 12:35

Steve
184k 16 163 223

Thank you Steve, Im having an error

adaper.Fill(ds); Th Microsoft Access
Database engine cannot fine the
imput table or query 'Tables'.Make
sure it exist and that its name is
spelled correctly. – user2386687 Jun
10 '13 at 14:26

The error seems clear to me. Do you

have a table named Tables in your
Tables.accdb? Or are you confusing
the name of the file for the datatable?
– Steve Jun 10 '13 at 14:30

The tables is right but I'm thinking,

when I try to connect client table from
file in select Clients from Tables
something I'm doing wrong, oh I don't
know this stuff. Even when I try to
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 If you open your Tables.accdb file with
MS-Access do you see a table names
Tables or do you see a table named
Clients ? – Steve Jun 10 '13 at
14:42

file name in Access database is

'Tables' and it has 7 tables Clients,
Tasks, Projects, Developers etc. –
user2386687 Jun 10 '13 at 14:47

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