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In this chapter of [[Visual Basic Essentials]] is intended to provide a detailed overview of developing applications that work with databases using Visual Basic and ADO.Net. In the next chapter, we will build on this knowledge by by exploring [[Visual Basic and the DataGridView Control]]. As with most other aspects of Visual Basic and Visual Studio, Microsoft have put a significant amount of work into making it easy to work with databases. In fact, an incredible amount of database functionality can be built into a Visual Basic application without actually writing a single line of code.
The examples in this chapter work with a Microsoft Access database. The concepts covered, however, apply equally to other databases such as Microsoft SQL Server.