Connect to mysql database using C#

January 18, 2009 in C#, MySQL

I searched Internet a lot before I could figure out how to connect to mysql database server using C#. This is the one that worked in my favour.

To connect to mysql database using C# first you should have to download a small program called mysql connector .net from MySQL’s official site. Click here to visit this link to download mysql connector .net

After installing connector. Open Visual Studio and then create a new console application project. Now you have to add the reference of the namespace for mysql connection.

Go to project>Add Reference…

In the .NET tab you shall find a component named “MySql.Data”. Select this component and click “Add”.

Add the Name space at the top of your code.

using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;

In this string change your server, database name, user id and password

public static string db = "server=localhost;database=abc;uid=root;password="

Now finally use this code to select data from your database.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;

namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
    class Program
    {
        public static string db = "server=localhost;database=dsc;uid=root;password=";
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(db);
                con.Open(); // connection must be openned for command
                MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("Select * FROM `dsc_scripts`", con);
                MySqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                while (reader.Read())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(reader.GetString("id") + ": " + reader.GetString("name") + " - " + reader.GetString("hs"));
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: "+ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                con.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

Hope this will be helpful for you.

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