VB. NET and MS SQL Database

Question

Hi,

Can anyone please give me some example code for linking to a ms sql database that is held on a web host's server.

The application that I am creating is a desktop app written in vb .net

The fields are simple, and are just stuff like customer name, address etc, and I just need to be able to connect to the database, pass some simple quereies (search by customer name etc).

Thanks!