Sorry If this has been asked 1000 times but in a bind..Need simple code using Visual Basic 2005 on how to open a SqlExpress MDF file..How to extract the data would help also..I can open an MDB file with VB5 and extract data no problem. Was told last night I had to do this in Visual Basic 2005 and would by usuing SqlServer Express.And done by monday..Done the Interface not do much of a learning curve,,but the database connection is stalling me....