Looked into using Access as a data source but ran into a brick wall with licensing.
So, decided to try MySQL. Installed the database engine and administrative interface, MySQL Workbench.
Set up the “remedyhall” database, added the first table, patrons. Using a modified version of the schema I copied yesterday from a third party.
Created a desktop app in Visual Studio. Trying to figure out how to add a MySQL datasource. Did find code for creating a data connection programatically.