Member '' cannot be accessed with an instance reference

Question

I am getting into C# and I am having this issue:

namespace MyDataLayer
{
    namespace Section1
    {
        public class MyClass
        {
            publ         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue - although a few years later, some may find a few pointers helpful:

Do not use ‘static’ gratuitously!

Understand what ‘static’ implies in terms of both run-time and compile time semantics (behavior) and syntax.

• A static entity will be automatically constructed some time before
  its first use.

• A static entity has one storage location allocated, and that is
  shared by all who access that entity.

• A static entity can only be accessed through its type name, not
  through an instance of that type.

• A static method does not have an implicit ‘this’ argument, as does an instance method. (And therefore a static method has less execution
  overhead – one reason to use them.)

• Think about thread safety when using static entities.

Some details on static in MSDN:

• Static Classes in C#
• Static Constructors in C#