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Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.Odbc
Module OdbcProvider
Sub Main()
' Set up connection string
Dim ConnString As String = "dsn=NorthwindOdbc"
' Set up query string
Dim CmdString As String = "SELECT * FROM employees"
'Declare Connection and DataReader variables
Dim Conn As OdbcConnection
Dim Reader As OdbcDataReader
Try
'Open Connection
Conn = New OdbcConnection(ConnString)
Conn.Open()
'Execute Query
Dim Cmd As New OdbcCommand(CmdString, Conn)
Reader = Cmd.ExecuteReader()
'Display output header
Console.WriteLine("Querying database {0} with query {1}" & _
ControlChars.NewLine, Conn.Database, Cmd.CommandText)
Console.WriteLine("FirstName" & ControlChars.Tab & "LastName")
'Process The Result Set
While (Reader.Read())
Console.WriteLine(Reader("FirstName").PadLeft(9) & _
ControlChars.Tab & Reader(1))
End While
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", ex)
Finally
'Close Connection
Reader.Close()
Conn.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Module
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