honestly, could someone come up with a simple method on how to link vs.net 2002 and ms access 2003

Use the System.Data.OLEDB namespace to create an OLEDB connection to the access database, then use the OLEDBCommand to SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE OR INSERT deata into the access.

Hope this helps

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