How can I open and read from a database

[Unregistered]

Our problems are how we shall open and read from a database.
Can we use fopen?
We write in vc++.but use C.

[Salem]

> Our problems are how we shall open
Use fopen

> and read from a database
Use fread

However, understanding what all those bytes mean is another matter....

[zMan]

with C good luck.. Use c++. You can use dao...
there are many objects you can work with.... there is also ODBC..
I have been working with DAO for a little while now and find it simple enough...

look up CDaoDatabase, CDaoTabledef, CDaoRecordset in your help files ... I also found a cool article on a class once which had a class named Embsql.h which provide all the interfaces for using sql commands from withing c++ I believe... or it might have been c...

[zMan]

check out the site for help with this subject
http://cplus.about.com/cs/embeddedsql/

[Unregistered]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by zMan
[B]with C good luck.. Use c++.

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thanks but the question is MFC or not. Can we do it without MFC?