Use OleDbCommand to load data from Access database mdb : Access « ADO.Net « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;

class MainClass
{
  [STAThread]
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    string ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\\Northwind.mdb";
    string SQL = "SELECT * FROM Orders";

    OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(ConnectionString);

    OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(SQL);
    cmd.Connection = conn;

    conn.Open();

    OleDbDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();

    while (reader.Read()) 
    {
      Console.Write("OrderID:"+reader.GetInt32(0).ToString() );
      Console.Write(" ,");
      Console.WriteLine("Customer:" + reader.GetString(1).ToString() );
    }
    reader.Close();
    conn.Close();
  }
}

OrderID:10330 ,Customer:LILAS
OrderID:10331 ,Customer:BONAP
OrderID:10332 ,Customer:MEREP
OrderID:10333 ,Customer:WARTH
OrderID:10334 ,Customer:VICTE
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