Getting data from MS Access database and display it in a listbox

Question

How do I read data in ms access database and display it in a listbox. I have the codes here but i got errors.

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Answer 1

GetString() takes an int as the parameter and not a string. Meaning that you must use the index of the column.

In your specific circumstance as "FirstName" is the second column the index would be 1:

listBox1.Text = Reader.GetString(1);

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.oledb.oledbdatareader.getstring.aspx