Hi Kevin,

If you go to my downloads page on my website, you will find reference to a presentation that I do called "How to Work With Data in .NET - Introduction to ADO.NET". The download has the PowerPoint slides and sample code. Further down the same page, there is an article I wrote that explains how ADO.NET works as well. You might find it useful as you are learning about how ADO.NET works. Here is the link:

http://prenia.com/downloads.htm

Also, the Microsoft Press book called "ADO.NET" by Sceppa is a recommendation for more detailed information.

>What's the prefered method for getting data from a SQL Server database
>using Vb.Net?
>
>Also, if anyone has any small to mid side code examples of data retreival,
>I could use a look at them.
>
>Many Thanks