Pervasive

I'm trying to create a Application in Visual Studio 2005 for a PDA (WM5).

All it does is when a user enters a barcode the applications gets data from the Pervasive SQL database and displays information like Sku, Stock, Price etc etc.

Question is since PDA's don't support ODBC connections how do i connect to the database??????

Any links for guides/tutorials on a solution would be great.

The only way to connect to a Pervasive database from a PDA running Windows Mobile would be to create a WebService on a Windows Host PC and then consume the WebService from the Windows Mobile device.
I can't find the test I built back when VS.NET first came out but it's very straightforward if you know how to create WEbServices and then consume them from a Mobile application.

I'm new to the whole ASP, Web Services, WM5 so any guides on creting web services would be nice.

(i'm used to PHP/MySQL)

Here's the first link in a Google search of "WebService C#":
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/webservices/myservice.asp

As far as accessing Pervasive data from .NET, check out: http://www.pervasive.com/developerzone/platforms/net.asp.

Is this still the only way to access a PSQL database from Windows Mobile?

Yes. If you really want something more, you need to contact your sales rep and / or the Product Manager.

Just wanted to check in on this since it's been a few years. Is there any current way to instan. a ODBC connection using Windows Mobile 6.0+?

There has been no change.  If you really need something, talk to your sales rep.