Connect A SQL Express 2005 Database To A VB Project In Studio 2008

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I have been learning about working with databases and VB. I have coded the connection string for a MS Access database to my VB project but i cannot establish a connection with my sql mdf database.

The code i used to connect to MS Access is:

<Dim dt As New DataTable()/>
<Dim match As String = ""/>
< Dim connStr As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _

[Code]....

What is the connection code in order to manipulate data from the mdf file. Is it similar to the above code.

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