Lets say the ADO control is named is dat1.So the SQL looks something like this
dat1.RecordSource = "SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE ID LIKE '" & Text9.Text &"%'"
dat1.Refresh
dat1.Caption = dat1.RecordSource
here 'Table1' is name of the table from where one want to search data,'ID' is the name of the column and 'Text9' is the name of the text box.The data entered in the Text9 text box will be the search input.
I have used wildcard.For MS Access '&' is used as a wildcard.
This is the MS Access database table that i have connected to my VB project and from whare i want to search for data.