Question

I try to get one data column from a MS-Access table and display it in a TextBox like this

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public OleDbConnection database;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private OleDbConnection Database_Connection;

    private void Open_Database_button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Database_Connection = new OleDbConnection(
            "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="test.mdb");
        OleDbCommand Command = new OleDbCommand(
            " SELECT top 1 * from test", Database_Connection);
        Database_Connection.Open();
        OleDbDataReader DB_Reader = Command.ExecuteReader();

        // How can I display the column in TextBox?
    } 

    ...
}

Answer 1

Try to change your Open_Database_button_Click in this way:

private void Open_Database_button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{ 
    using(OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=test.mdb" )) 
    using(OleDbCommand Command = new OleDbCommand(" SELECT top 1 * from test", con)) 
    {
       con.Open(); 
       OleDbDataReader DB_Reader = Command.ExecuteReader(); 
       if(DB_Reader.HasRows)
       {
          DB_Reader.Read();
          textbox1.Text = DB_Reader.GetString("your_column_name");
       }
    }  
}

What I have changed/added:

• Removed the global var DataBase_Connection
• Added using to the Disposable objects, so they will automatically
  closed when no more needed
• Added check on DB_Reader.HasRows to exclude empty results from the
  query
• Added setting of the text property of the textbox with the value of
  one of your columns