Reading values from SQL database in C#

Question

i have just started learning C# and i can write data to the database without a problem. But i\'m having problems with reading, the SQL executes fine but i\'m having issues w

Answer 1

Personally I'd write a class with 4 properties (with matching names and types), then use "dapper" (http://code.google.com/p/dapper-dot-net/):

var data = connection.Query(
    "select * from Requests where Complete = 0").ToList();

With something like:

public class Request {
    public string Username{get;set;}
    ...
    public bool Complete {get;set;}
}

Dapper is free, simple, has parameterisation to avoid SQL-injection, and is very very fast.