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Create A Database Connection

The document provides instructions for connecting to a database, executing queries, and binding results to a repeater control in ASP.NET. It describes importing namespaces, creating a connection to the Northwind database using OleDb, executing a query to select customers, creating a data reader to read records, and binding this to a repeater to display the results in a table. It emphasizes the need to close the connection and data reader after query execution.

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Create A Database Connection

The document provides instructions for connecting to a database, executing queries, and binding results to a repeater control in ASP.NET. It describes importing namespaces, creating a connection to the Northwind database using OleDb, executing a query to select customers, creating a data reader to read records, and binding this to a repeater to display the results in a table. It emphasizes the need to close the connection and data reader after query execution.

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Create a Database Connection

We are going to use the Northwind database in our examples.


First, import the "System.Data.OleDb" namespace. We need this namespace to work with Microsoft
Access and other OLE DB database providers. We will create the connection to the database in the
Page_Load subroutine. We create a dbconn variable as a new OleDbConnection class with a
connection string which identifies the OLE DB provider and the location of the database. Then we
open the database connection:
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>

<script runat="server">
sub Page_Load
dim dbconn
dbconn=New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
data source=" & server.mappath("northwind.mdb"))
dbconn.Open()
end sub
</script>
Note: The connection string must be a continuous string without a line break!

Create a Database Command


To specify the records to retrieve from the database, we will create a dbcomm variable as a new
OleDbCommand class. The OleDbCommand class is for issuing SQL queries against database
tables:
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>

<script runat="server">
sub Page_Load
dim dbconn,sql,dbcomm
dbconn=New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
data source=" & server.mappath("northwind.mdb"))
dbconn.Open()
sql="SELECT * FROM customers"
dbcomm=New OleDbCommand(sql,dbconn)
end sub
</script>

Create a DataReader
The OleDbDataReader class is used to read a stream of records from a data source. A DataReader is
created by calling the ExecuteReader method of the OleDbCommand object:
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>

<script runat="server">
sub Page_Load
dim dbconn,sql,dbcomm,dbread
dbconn=New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
data source=" & server.mappath("northwind.mdb"))
dbconn.Open()
sql="SELECT * FROM customers"
dbcomm=New OleDbCommand(sql,dbconn)
dbread=dbcomm.ExecuteReader()
end sub
</script>

Bind to a Repeater Control


Then we bind the DataReader to a Repeater control:
Example
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>

<script runat="server">
sub Page_Load
dim dbconn,sql,dbcomm,dbread
dbconn=New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
data source=" & server.mappath("northwind.mdb"))
dbconn.Open()
sql="SELECT * FROM customers"
dbcomm=New OleDbCommand(sql,dbconn)
dbread=dbcomm.ExecuteReader()
customers.DataSource=dbread
customers.DataBind()
dbread.Close()
dbconn.Close()
end sub
</script>

<html>
<body>

<form runat="server">
<asp:Repeater id="customers" runat="server">

<HeaderTemplate>
<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>Companyname</th>
<th>Contactname</th>
<th>Address</th>
<th>City</th>
</tr>
</HeaderTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td><%#Container.DataItem("companyname")%></td>
<td><%#Container.DataItem("contactname")%></td>
<td><%#Container.DataItem("address")%></td>
<td><%#Container.DataItem("city")%></td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>

<FooterTemplate>
</table>
</FooterTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Close the Database Connection


Always close both the DataReader and database connection after access to the database is no longer
required:
dbread.Close()
dbconn.Close()

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