Database Programming Made Easy

In this tutorial I will discuss to you on how you can access the database easily. I came across this idea because this is also my problem when I started working with database programming.

I hope that in one way or another I can help you in your journey to the world of programming. Programming is fun and easy if you just simply devout your time with it. I cannot stress enough how easy programming is if you only read an online tutorial like this.

Take It Easy

Just don’t be rush in learning programming. Take it easy and study everyday. Don’t start right away thinking that you can create a system like payroll, accounting, hotel reservation, point of sale without even having a single knowledge about database programming.

Learning by Doing

Learning by doing is the next thing. You need to practice what you learn. In this tutorial I encourage you to take the sample code into practice.

I will list below the content that I am going to discuss. This is a series of tutorial so be sure to visit the site regularly or subscribe to my Feeds at the right side bar.

I will arrange the topic according to their importance, that is, what to do first before you jump ahead to the next topic. Along the way, I will add a topic before or after other topic or whatever that will come to my mind that I know a must have tutorial.

Table of Contents

1. Making Database Connection
2. How to Retrieve Data
   1. Using Data Reader
   2. Using Datasets and Data Adapters
3. How to Modify Data
   1. Using ExecuteNonQuery
   2. Using Datasets and Data Adapters
4. Windows Forms
   1. How to Retrieve and Save Data using TextBox Control
      1. Using Data Readers and ExecuteNonQuery
      2. Using Datasets and Data Adapters
   2. ComboBox Control
   3. ListView Control
   4. DataGridView Control
   5. CheckBox Control
   6. TreeView Control
5. How to Print Using Crystal Reports

If you’d like to suggest a topic, don’t hesitate to write a comment below.