Database

Retrieving Data From a MySQL Database

by Dave on November 7, 2009

in Databases

In this article I am going to show you how to programmatically retrieve data from a MySQL database using the MySqlDataAdapter and the MySqlDataReader classes. Both these classes are available once you install the MySQL Connector for .NET which can be downloaded from here: MySQL Connectors. For this example we need a database with some [...]

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Connecting to a MySQL Database Programmatically

by Dave on October 18, 2009

in Databases

Microsoft Visual Studio lets you create a database connection using its IDE, and it’s quite powerful as well, but personally I prefer to create my database connections programmatically. When creating my connection’s code manually I find it easier to follow the code, plus it can be easier to debug as well. I am by no [...]

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