Sql Connect example

ASP.Net Core/SqlConnector/SqlConnector/Program.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Data.SqlClient;
+
+namespace SqlConnector
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // Annouce search
+            Console.WriteLine("Searching for all users in SQL database...");
+
+            // Open connection to SQL Server
+            using (var sqlConnection = new SqlConnection("Server=.;Database=test;User Id=testuser; Password = testuser;"))
+            {
+                // Log it
+                Console.WriteLine("Opening connection...");
+
+                // Attemp to open connection
+                sqlConnection.Open();
+
+                // Inject a user into the database
+                // NOTE: Command this out once it has run once if you don't want 
+                //       to re-adding users  every time you run
+                using (var command = new SqlCommand($"INSERT INTO dbo.Users (Id, Username, FirstName, LastName, IsEnabled, CreatedDateUtc) VALUES ('{Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")}', 'Username1', 'My first name', 'My last name', 1, '10/12/2025 12:32:10 +01:00')", sqlConnection))
+                {
+                    // Log it
+                    Console.WriteLine("Adding new user...");
+
+                    // Execute INSERT command
+                    var result = command.ExecuteNonQuery();
+
+                    // Log what should be "1 user added"
+                    Console.WriteLine($"{result} user added");
+                }
+
+                // Select all users from database
+                using (var command = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM dbo.Users", sqlConnection))
+                {
+                    // Log it
+                    Console.WriteLine("Selecting all users...");
+
+                    // Execute selection as a reader to read each row...
+                    using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
+                    {
+                        // While we have a result
+                        while (reader.Read())
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine($"Username: {reader["Username"]}, First Name: {reader["FirstName"]}, LastName: {reader["LastName"]}, IsEnabled: {reader["IsEnabled"]}");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Log it
+            Console.WriteLine("Done. Press any key to exit...");
+
+            // Keep window open
+            Console.Read();
+        }
+    }
+}

ASP.Net Core/SqlConnector/SqlConnector/SqlConnector.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.4.2" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>