Question

Is there an easy way to read an entire Access file (.mdb) into a DataSet in .NET (specifically C# or VB)?

Or at least to get a list of tables from an access file so that I can loop through it and add them one at a time into a DataSet?

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to use those samples to put together this code, which seems to achieve what I’m looking for.

Using cn = New OleDbConnection(connectionstring)     cn.Open()     Dim ds As DataSet = new DataSet()      Dim Schema As DataTable = cn.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, New Object() {Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, 'TABLE'})     For i As Integer = 0 To Schema.Rows.Count - 1         Dim dt As DataTable = New DataTable(Schema.Rows(i)!TABLE_NAME.ToString())          Using adapter = New OleDbDataAdapter('SELECT * FROM ' + Schema.Rows(i)!TABLE_NAME.ToString(), cn)             adapter.Fill(dt)         End Using          ds.Tables.Add(dt)     Next i End Using