C#: SqlConnection Connection String
C# SqlConnection Connection String Source Code Example
Purpose: – Illustrates using Sql Connection in C# to create a Connection String.
Prerequistes:
- Install Visual Studio 2022
- Watch this video to enable web forms in Visual Studio 2022 Enable Web Forms websites in Visual Studio 2022
- Install SQL Server Express
- Download Northwind Database
- Attach Northwind Database to Databases in Sql Express
Notes:
- Console Application is used to simplify things, but Windows Forms or Web Forms could also be used
- You can build a library of syntax examples by using same project over and over and just commenting out what you do not want to execute in Program.cs
Instructions:
- Use Visual Studio 2022
- Create new project; select Console Application; name of Project could be CSharp_Syntax.
- Right-click project name in solution explorer; add new folder; name of folder could be DatabaseADONET
- Right-click folder; add class; class name could be clsSqlConnectionConnectionString.cs
- Copy code into clsSqlConnectionConnectionString.cs
- Copy code into Program.cs
- Click green arrow to start with debugging
Step 1: Use View Plain to Cut-n-paste code into clsSqlConnectionConnectionString.cs
using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System; public class clsSqlConnectionConnectionString { static SqlConnection con; public void Main() { con = new SqlConnection("Server=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=SSPI"); con.InfoMessage += new SqlInfoMessageEventHandler(con_InfoMessage); SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(); cmd.CommandText = "PRINT('This is how to create an InfoMessage event')"; cmd.Connection = con; try { con.Open(); cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); } finally { con.Close(); } Console.ReadLine(); } static void con_InfoMessage(object Sender, SqlInfoMessageEventArgs ev) { foreach (SqlError err in ev.Errors) { Console.WriteLine("Entering InfoMessage Event Handler"); Console.WriteLine("Source- " + err.Source); Console.WriteLine("State- " + err.State); Console.WriteLine("Number- " + err.Number); Console.WriteLine("Procedure- " + err.Procedure); Console.WriteLine("Server- " + err.Server); Console.WriteLine("Message- " + err.Message); Console.WriteLine("Exiting InfoMessage Event Handler"); } } } |
Step 2: Use View Plain to Cut-n-paste code into Program.cs
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace CSharp_Syntax { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //DatabaseADONET clsSqlConnectionConnectionString mySqlConnectionConnectionString = new clsSqlConnectionConnectionString(); mySqlConnectionConnectionString.Main(); } } } |