Passing parameter to query for Access database

Question

I am using following code and trying to get data by given parameters. I donot know how to pass the parameter value to my query.

Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
    Dim ds As New DataSet
    Dim da As OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
    Dim sql As String

con.ConnectionString = "
                 PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
                 Data Source = D:\.Net Programs\DB Experiments\AddressBook.mdb"

        con.Open()
        sql = "SELECT * FROM tblContacts where Name=? and City=?"
        da = New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sql, con)
        da.Fill(ds, "AddressBook")
        con.Close()

Solution

I would first create an OleDbCommand object and use this object to create a OleDbDataAdapter

Imports Data.OleDb

dim cmd as new OleDbCommand
cmd.Connection = con
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM tblContacts where Name=? and City=?"

' Here we add the parameters in the same order they appear in the
' CommandText. The Name of the paramters can be anything when using
' a Jet database, only the order is important.
cmd.Parameters.Add("@Name", OleDbType.VarChar).value = "SLaks"
cmd.Parameters.Add("@City", OleDbType.VarChar).value = "New-York"

Dim da as new OleDbDataAdapter(cmd)

' Here you can use the Data Adapter as you would normally do.

I hope this helps.