SQL and VISUAL BASIC 2008 Queries - mysql

Question

How can I write a sql query that takes information from a database, and then put in the text in a label? I'm not really sure how to do this.

Answer 1

MSDN has lots of examples of getting data via ADO.NET. E.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dw70f090.
You will need to adjust the connection and command types (and the connection string) to be correct for My SQL. If you have ODBC drivers for My SQL then you can follow the ODBC example with just a change of connection string.

Answer 2

For using MySQL with .NET I'd recommend you this tutorial, and for your problem specially part 6, about reading the data with a MySQLDataReader.
An (almost working) sample by copy&paste from there with some changes:
Private Sub getData()
Dim conn As New MySqlConnection
Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand
Dim myReader As MySqlDataReader
Dim SQL As String
SQL = "SELECT LabelContent FROM myTable"
conn.ConnectionString = myConnString ' your connection string here'
Try
conn.Open()
Try
myCommand.Connection = conn
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
' loop through all records'
While myReader.Read
Dim myLabelValue as String
myLabelValue = myReader.GetString(myReader.GetOrdinal("LabelContent"))
' ... do something with the value, e.g. assign to label '
End While
Catch myerror As MySqlException
MsgBox("There was an error reading from the database: " & myerror.Message)
End Try
Catch myerror As MySqlException
MessageBox.Show("Error connecting to the database: " & myerror.Message)
Finally
If conn.State <> ConnectionState.Closed Then conn.Close()
End Try
End Sub

Answer 3

For selecting one column to label from ms access 2007 database just follow this step
Create ms access database for example i make name "test.accdb" and make 1 column for example column name is "ColumnName" and one table with name "Table1"
save it on whatever folder
open vb 2008 and make one form
import adodb on first writing
write this code inside class
Sub lihat()
Dim str As String = "select * from Table1"
Dim cn As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim com As New OleDb.OleDbCommand
Dim adp As OleDb.OleDbDataReader
With cn
.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0;data source=test.accdb;persist security info=false"
.Open()
End With
With com
.Connection = cn
.CommandText = str
End With
adp = com.ExecuteReader
adp.Read()
Label1.Text = adp(1)
cn.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
lihat()
End Sub
number 1 on adp(1) is number of column on Table1.