| Platform: | Visual Basic |
| Task: | Fill a listbox with list of Access database tables |
| Discussion: | The code below will fill a listbox named lstTables with all the tables in an access database (DB) |
| Example: | Private Sub ListTables(ByVal DB As String)
Dim userTables As DataTable = Nothing
Dim connection As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection()
' c:\test\test.mdb
connection.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & DB
' We only want user tables, not system tables
Dim restrictions() As String = New String(3) {}
restrictions(3) = "Table"
connection.Open()
' Get list of user tables
userTables = connection.GetSchema("Tables", restrictions)
connection.Close()
' Add list of table names to listBox
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To userTables.Rows.Count - 1 Step i + 1
lstTables.Items.Add(userTables.Rows(i)(2).ToString())
Next
End Sub |