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Hi

I have 3 textbox linked to an Access DB by Binding source.I am having trouble to do query.
Lets me help u visualise the form
The form has 3 textbox (each linked to one field of a table in Access)
Another textbox allows user to enter a string and then user press a button

What i want to achieve ?
I want my form to search the string in the Access database and if found , it shows the data corresponding to the row where the string has been in the 3 textbox.If not found , then it display a message

What i managed to do so far?

 //Textbox1 --> This textbox display customer name //Textbox2--->Display address //Textbox 3 --->Display phone number //Note:All these textbox have already been linked to customer table via Binding source Private Sub Search_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Search.Click Dim Searchsql As String Dim string_find As String string_find = txtsearch.Text Searchsql = CustomerBindingSource.Find("First Name", string_find) If Searchsql <> -1 Then 
 //help me here (give me a code snippet so that i if string_fiind exist , Textbox1,2 and 3 display the values conatined in that row 
 Else MsgBox("Data not found") End If End Sub 

I would like to get a solution that uses Bindingsource

Please help me
Thanks in advance
Greetings

Member Avatar for Khav

Anyone can help me.............

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Please someone reply ........I can continue my school assignment without solving this:(

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I solved it myself
How i did
Bindingsource.Position = Index

Member Avatar for ryin012

could you please tell me what you did? the full code? im kinda having the same problem,

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@ryin012 for sure

If Searchsql <> -1 Then Bindingsource.Position = Index EndIf 
Member Avatar for ansumariyam88

how to retreive data from ms acess to another form

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but i need to display the values from ms acess to a second form when i button click on 1st form.how i do this?

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