The easiest way involves strongly typed datasets, data adapters and
datagridviews (definitely skip .NET 1.1 and do this in .NET 2.0, as the data
grid controls are much improved). Depending on what version of VS 2005 you
have, you can browse your database, pull the relevant tables right onto the
dataset design surface, and hook them right into a datagridview.
Unfortunately, "easy" is a relative term. If you are new to SQL, ADO, .NET
or even the whole programming thing, you've got a long way to go before you
can say that database programming is "easy."