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ODBC connection
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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Odbc;
class OdbcProvider
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string connString = @"dsn=northwindodbc";
string sql = @"select * from employees";
OdbcConnection conn = null;
OdbcDataReader reader = null;
try {
conn = new OdbcConnection(connString);
conn.Open();
OdbcCommand cmd = new OdbcCommand(sql, conn);
reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
Console.WriteLine(
"Querying database {0} with query {1}\n"
, conn.Database
, cmd.CommandText
);
Console.WriteLine("First Name\tLast Name\n");
while(reader.Read()) {
Console.WriteLine(
"{0} | {1}"
, reader["FirstName"].ToString().PadLeft(10)
, reader[1].ToString().PadLeft(10)
);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e);
} finally {
reader.Close();
conn.Close();
}
}
}
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