Hi Tom,
You need a connection to your database, that is a connection,
You need something to hold the data, that is a dataset
You need something to get the data from your database in the dataset, that
is the dataadatper.fill
You need a datagrid to show it the data in the dataset (the datagrid does
not hold data).
You need a connection between those two, that is the datagrid.datasource
When you have made this you have your datagrid.
Have a look for those keywords, mostly the most difficult to find are the
connection strings, those you can find here.
From all are two SQL and OledB, when you use Access it is Oledb and SQL or
MSDE it is SQL. Something as SQLclient.SQLconnection
http://www.connectionstrings.com/
http://www.able-consulting.com/ADO_Conn.htm
I hope this helps?
Cor