How to read records from a database

[mttomb]

Can someone show me how to read all the records from a database?

Here's what i have:
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MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM swdata";
OdbcDataReader MyDataReader;
MyDataReader = MyCommand.ExecuteReader();

< what code goes in here?>

MyDataReader.Close();
MyConnection.Close();
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thanks

[CPCericola]

Originally posted by mttomb
Can someone show me how to read all the records from a database?

Here's what i have:
---
MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM swdata";
OdbcDataReader MyDataReader;
MyDataReader = MyCommand.ExecuteReader();

< what code goes in here?>

MyDataReader.Close();
MyConnection.Close();
---

thanks

Assuming your connection is opened properly and everything else in order, you simply do as follows:

MessageBox.Show(MyDataReader[MyFieldName]);

Now, unfortunately, you cannot use this for write access. For write access, you need to use Datasets and DataAdapters. Let me know if you need any code to example that.