I'm trying to teach myself c#, and have found various examples on connecting to a MSSQL database. What I've done seems to be the simplest way to do it, but still seems overly complicated.
Is there a better way?
here's my code:
static void dbcon()
{
List<int> familyID = new List<int>();
String connString = "Server=[myServer]\\[myInstance];Database=[dbName];User Id=[userID};Password=[password];";
using (var sqlconn = new SqlConnection(connString))
{
using (var cmd = sqlconn.CreateCommand())
{
try
{
sqlconn.Open();
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT id FROM family";
using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
familyID.Add(Convert.ToInt32(reader["id"].ToString()));
}
}
foreach (int tempy in familyID)
{
Console.WriteLine("id: " + tempy);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex);
}
}
}
}