Also the best way to access data is using TableAdapter and the methods of this class
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Browse All TopicsI am trying to write a vb.net app that retrieves and stores data in an Access database. Using adodb the data transfer seems to be quite a bit slower than the same app written in vb6. What can I do to make it run faster?
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Jerry
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Are you sure it's and issue utilizing ADO and not something else that is being done different in .Net compared to VB6?
For example, if these are Access databases that you are building on the fly and they have indexed fields, the overall process with run faster if you first create the tables, add the records, then apply indexes after the fact.
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Based on your question where speed is the primary concern,I would use a datareader,it's fast, forward only and read only..... as data retrievel is the primary task.
See this article for a comparison of data readers, datasets etc
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
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by: HooKooDooKuPosted on 2009-10-26 at 09:27:40ID: 25663931
Can you not access the database using DAO rather than ADO?
As I understand it, DAO uses the Jet database engine, and that's the "native" database of Access. So I could see where things might be a little slower using ADO since you're adding an abstract layer to the database.