HOW TO CREATE A DATABASE

1. Create a new item by clicking this icon

or simply by
pressing Ctrl + Shift + A. The Add New Item dialogue box will
appear as follows:

2. Make sure that Visual Basic is selected at the right panel

then search and select SQL Server Database on the list at
the center panel. Change (if desired) the database name at
the text field at the bottom part of the window. Click Add
when finished.
3. A dialogue box will then appear as follows:

Click Yes here. If you do not have an App_Data folder, it

will be created containing the database you will be
constructing.

4. For you to be able to see your database, click the View menu
then select Server Explorer. The said panel will then be
viewed on the left side of the window as follows.

5. Add a new table by right clicking the Tables folder on the

Server Explorer. This procedure will look like the figure
shown below:

6. When the table is created it will initially be shown on screen.

You may now enter the field names of the table you just
have created. It will look just as follows:

HOW TO VIEW RECORDS IN THE DATABASE

1. Create a new Web Form by clicking this icon
or
simply by pressing Ctrl + Shift + A. Once the web form is
created, drag and drop a GridView onto the body of the
page. Drag and drop a SqlDataSource to set the database
from which it will be connected.
2. Configure your SqlDataSource by clicking on the arrow at
the upper right corner of the object. It looks like the figure
below:

Click on the hyperlink Configure Data Source and the

Configure Dialog Box will appear. Choose the database that
you just have created and click Next. The next window will
ask if you want to save the connection string as that name.
Check the tick box and click Next. The next window will ask
you to specify the columns in the table that you want to be
viewed. By default, * is checked meaning all the
mentioned tables. Click Next. The next window will test the
query created. If you see table titles like the one shown on
the figure below, then you are sure that your database is
connected, then click Finish.
3. Connect the GridView with the Data Source you created by
clicking on the arrow at the upper right corner of the object.
It will look just as follows. Select the data source you
created.

4. You may also change the way this table looks by clicking on
the Auto Format link at the top and window with options will
appear. The following shows a table with a Professional
option as its design and the paging, sorting and selection are
all enabled.

5. To be able to add records on the database, go to the View

menu and select Server Explorer or simply press Ctrl + Alt +
S. The Server Explorer will appear. Right click the table you
created and select Show Table Data.

6. You may now add records on the table and save changes.