Imports System.Data.OleDb Dim cn As OleDbConnection Dim cmd As OleDbCommand Dim dr As OleDbDataReader cn = New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\emp.mdb;") cn.Open() cmd = New OleDbCommand("select * from table1", cn) dr = cmd.ExecuteReader While dr.Read() ' do something with the datareader TextBox2.Text = dr(1) End WhileIf you google on "VB.NET" and "MSACCESS" (or other keywords), you're likely to find many examples.