OLE DB Sample
This sample demonstrates how to use a Microsoft Access database from C#. It shows how you can create a dataset and add tables to it from a database. The BugTypes.mdb database used in the sample program is a Microsoft Access 2000 .mdb file.
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To build and run the OLE DB sample within Visual Studio
On the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.
Note
If you are building the solution in Release mode, copy BugTypes.mdb into the \bin\release folder.
To build and run the OLE DB sample from a command prompt
Type the following at a command prompt:
csc oledbsample.cs oledbsample