Imports System.Data.Odbc Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim myConnection As OdbcConnection = New OdbcConnection() myConnection.ConnectionString = "Dsn=epic;uid=SYSPROG;host=server4;port=8350;db=mfgsys803" myConnection.Open() Dim cmdtxt As String ' Dim no As Integer Dim myCommand As New OdbcCommand() 'Try ' conection.Open() 'Catch ex As Exception 'End Try myCommand.Connection = myConnection Dim myAdapter As New OdbcDataAdapter cmdtxt = "SELECT pub.Part.PartNum, pub.Part.ClassID FROM PUB.Part Part WHERE pub.Part.PartNum='50101001'" 'cmdtxt = "SELECT pub.Part.PartNum FROM pub.Part" MessageBox.Show(cmdtxt) myCommand.CommandText = cmdtxt 'start query myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand Dim moddata As OdbcDataReader moddata = myCommand.ExecuteReader() While moddata.Read = True Try MessageBox.Show(moddata(1)) Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End While moddata.Close() myConnection.Close() End Sub End Class