How to Bind GridView From Microsoft Access
Here we are binding a GridView in Asp.Net from Microsoft Access. I create a table tblStudent in Access which is containing students information like Name, Branch and City. We are showing all records from Access in GridView.
Points Of Remember:
1. Add namespace System.Data and System.Data.OleDb in your C# page.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>GridView with Access</title>
<link href="../../Css/GridView.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CssClass="GridViewStyle" Width="710px">
<HeaderStyle CssClass="HeaderStyle" />
<RowStyle CssClass="RowStyle" />
<AlternatingRowStyle CssClass="AlternatingRowStyle" />
</asp:GridView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
In above example, I simply used a GridView.css for look and feel, for more about GridView cssClass visit GridView Style article.
C# Codes :
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
public partial class GridView_test_GridView_Access
:
System.Web.UI.
Page
{
OleDbConnection con= new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;
Data Source=E:\programidea Demo\DbStudent.mdb; Persist Security Info=False;");
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
BindGridView();
}
// Bind GridView
protected void BindGridView()
{
DataTable dt = GetDataTable("select * from tblStudent");
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
{
GridView1.DataSource = dt;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
}
// Return records from Access
public DataTable GetDataTable(string sql)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter(sql, con);
con.Open();
da.Fill(dt);
con.Close();
return dt;
}
If you want to bind access file from your application instead of local computer path then use below connection string.
OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection( @"Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" +HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(@"~\GridView\test\DbStudent.mdb")+ "; Persist Security Info=False;" );
Output:
