using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.OleDb; class MainClass { static void Main(string[] args) { string connString = "provider=sqloledb;server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI"; string sql = @"select * from employee"; OleDbConnection conn = null; OleDbDataReader reader = null; try { conn = new OleDbConnection(connString); conn.Open(); OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(sql, conn); reader = cmd.ExecuteReader(); Console.WriteLine("Querying database {0} with query {1}\n", conn.Database, cmd.CommandText ); while(reader.Read()) { Console.WriteLine("{0} | {1}", reader["FirstName"].ToString().PadLeft(10), reader[1].ToString().PadLeft(10)); } } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e); } finally { reader.Close(); conn.Close(); } } }