Imports System.Data.OleDb Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim connetionString As String Dim cnn As OleDbConnection Dim cmd As OleDbCommand Dim sql As String connetionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=Your mdb filename;" sql = "Your SQL Statement Here like Select Count(*) from product" cnn = New OleDbConnection(connetionString) Try cnn.Open() cmd = New OleDbCommand(sql, cnn) Dim count As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar()) cmd.Dispose() cnn.Close() MsgBox(" No of Rows " & count) Catch ex As Exception MsgBox("Can not open connection ! ") End Try End Sub End Class