SELECT Field1, Field2, (....) FieldX FROM TableX WHERE FieldX = "Value"
SELECT * FROM TableX WHERE FieldX = "Value"
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Name="ABC"
Since You're using Visual Basic 2008 , I'd recommend you Learn LINQ .i am also trying to make a program on VB 2008, but i am stuck somewhere, can anybody help me "reading a particular row values of database, when that row is specified"