c# - 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.

 private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        using (OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=\Sisc-strongholdmis!wilbert.beltranDataBaseDataStructure.accdb"))
        using(OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(" SELECT * from TableAcct", conn))
        {
            conn.Open();
            OleDbDataReader Reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            //if (Reader.HasRows)
            if (Reader.HasRows)
            {
                Reader.Read();
                listBox1.Text = Reader.GetString("FirstName");
            }
        } 

the errors are here: 1. Error 1 The best overloaded method match for'System.Data.Common.DbDataReader.GetString(int)' has some invalid arguments. 2. Error 2 Argument '1': cannot convert from 'string' to 'int'

Answer 1

try this one,

       List<String> firstName = new List<String>();
       List<String> lastName = new List<String>();

       private void loadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
                cn.Open();
                OleDbDataReader reader = null;
                cmd = new OleDbCommand("select* from Records", cn);
                reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                while (reader.Read())
                {
                    firstName.Add(reader["FirstName"].ToString());
                    lastName.Add(reader["LastName"].ToString());
                }
                cn.Close();
       }

then in your search button, insert this,

private void searchButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            clearSearchResult();
            try
            {
                int totalItems = FirstName.Count;
                int count = 0;
                while (count < totalItems)
                {
                    if (textBox6.Text == FirstName[count].ToString())
                    {
                        listBox1.Items.Add(FirstName[count].ToString());
                        count = 100;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        count++;
                    }

It's good to use when you want to show the information of the "FirstName" in the listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged if you want. here's an example,

private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
                int totalItems = lastName.Count;
                int count = 0;
                while (count < totalItems)
                {
                    if ((listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString()) == firstName[count].ToString()))
                    {
                        textBox1.Text = firstName[count].ToString();
                        textBox2.Text = lastName[count].ToString();
                        count = 100;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        count++;
                    }
               }

hope this helps,