Getting Started

DB-Library for Visual Basic is a set of functions and routines for building front-end applications for the Windows operating system that interact with Microsoft SQL Server. DB-Library for Visual Basic is built on and is a subset of the SQL Server client library for C programmers.

DB-Library for Visual Basic functions and routines:

• Send Transact-SQL statements to a SQL Server workgroup database.
• Process the results of Transact-SQL statements.
• Provide information about the way an application interacts with SQL Server.

For information about Transact-SQL, see the Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL Reference. For information about DB-Library for C, see Microsoft SQL Server Programming DB-Library for C.

With DB-Library for Visual Basic functions and routines, you can create applications that interact directly with SQL Server. DB-Library for Visual Basic applications do not require a language precompiler. As a result, your SQL Server becomes an integral part of your Visual Basic application by:

• Retrieving and updating values from a database directly
• Manipulating database values from database tables
• Inserting program values into a database
• Moving data between SQL Server and an operating-system file