Check if SQL Connection is Open or Closed

Question

How do you check if it is open or closed I was using

 if (SQLOperator.SQLCONNECTION.State.Equals(\"Open\"))

however, even the State is \'Op

Answer 1

Check if a MySQL connection is open

ConnectionState state = connection.State;
if (state == ConnectionState.Open)
{
    return true;
}
else
{
    connection.Open();
    return true;
}