How do I connect to a SQL database from C#?

Question

I am trying to write a local program management and install system for my home network, and I think I\'ve got the technologies nailed down:

• C#/.NET/WPF for the

Answer 1

I would recommend using Microsoft's Patterns & Practices Enterprise Library. You would specifically be using the The Data Access Application Block.

An excerpt from MSDN:

The Data Access Application Block provides the following benefits:

• It uses the functionality provided by ADO.NET 2.0 and with it, you can use ADO.NET functionality along with the application block's functionality.
• It reduces the need to write boilerplate code to perform standard tasks.
• It helps maintain consistent data access practices, both within an application and across the enterprise.
• It reduces difficulties in changing the database type.
• It relieves developers from learning different programming models for different types of databases.
• It reduces the amount of code that developers must write when they port applications to different types of databases.

I've used this method for years and it's been very successfull thus far. Good luck!