sql data in c# text box

Hi,
As I realized you want to show the result in a TextBox instead of a GridView or other controls. Well, you can use SqlDataReader along with SqlCommand to fetch the data and then put it in the TextBox. Here is a sample code:

SqlDataReader rdr = null;
            SqlConnection con = null;
            SqlCommand cmd = null;

            try
            {
                // Open connection to the database
                string ConnectionString = "server=xeon;uid=sa;"+
                    "pwd=manager; database=northwind";
                con = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString);
                con.Open();

                // Set up a command with the given query and associate
                // this with the current connection.
                string CommandText = "SELECT FirstName, LastName" +
                                     "  FROM Employees" +
                                     " WHERE (LastName LIKE @Find)";
                cmd = new SqlCommand(CommandText);
                cmd.Connection = con;

                // Add LastName to the above defined paramter @Find
                cmd.Parameters.Add(
                    new SqlParameter(
                    "@Find", // The name of the parameter to map
                    System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar, // SqlDbType values
                    20, // The width of the parameter
                    "LastName"));  // The name of the source column

                // Fill the parameter with the value retrieved
                // from the text field
                cmd.Parameters["@Find"].Value = txtFind.Text;

                // Execute the query
                rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

                // Fill the list box with the values retrieved
                lbFound.Items.Clear();
                while(rdr.Read())
                {
                    yourTextBox.Text+= rdr["FirstName"].ToString() +
                    " " + rdr["LastName"].ToString();
                }
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                // Print error message
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                // Close data reader object and database connection
                if (rdr != null)
                    rdr.Close();

                if (con.State == ConnectionState.Open)
                    con.Close();
            }

The idea is to use regular Ado.Net commands to get the data normally and then put it in a TextBox. Here is the full text of the above sample :

http://www.akadia.com/services/dotnet_data_reader.html[^]

I hope it helps,
Cheers