How do I retrieve information from database for my C# Windows Form Application

Question

I am currently developing a C# Windows Form Application.

Now I am trying to use a SQL Command to retrieve information from the database to fill in the information that I need to have in my Application.

A sample query would be "select * from Member"

In the member table there would be variables like name, location, etc etc.

How do I code it in my application such that i can fill up my variables with the information from the database?

My code for the method would be

private Panel createNotificationPanel(String name, String location, String imageExtension, String alertType, String memberid)
    {

    }

I have already created a member class which includes all the set and get method for all this values

and currently what I have done so far is :

String connectionString =         ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connection2"].ConnectionString;
        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from alert);
        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);

        DataSet dataset = new DataSet();

        conn.Open();
        da.Fill(dataset, "authenticate");
        conn.Close();


        int respond = (int)dataset.Tables["authenticate"].Rows[0]["respond"];

if (respond == 1)
        {
            //to fill in here
        }

after retrieving the information I am going to add it to a list as follow

List.Add(new MemberAlert("name", "location", "type", "memberID", "imageExtension"));

so i am wondering how do i replace the information inside with the one in the database I am not sure of how do I proceed from here. can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

DataSet dataset = new DataSet();
using (SqlConnection connection = 
    new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
    SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
    adapter.SelectCommand = new SqlCommand(
        "select * from alert", connection);
    adapter.Fill(dataset, "authenticate");
}

// Load Data from the DataSet into the ListView
private void LoadList()
{
    // Get the table from the data set
    DataTable dtable = dataset.Tables["authenticate"];

    // Clear the ListView control
    listView1.Items.Clear();

    // Display items in the ListView control
    for (int i = 0; i < dtable.Rows.Count; i++)
    {

        DataRow drow = dtable.Rows[i];

        // Define the list items
        ListViewItem lvi = new ListViewItem(drow["name"].ToString());
        lvi.SubItems.Add (drow["location"].ToString());
        lvi.SubItems.Add (drow["type"].ToString());
        lvi.SubItems.Add (drow["memberID"].ToString());
        lvi.SubItems.Add (drow["imageExtension"].ToString());

        // Add the list items to the ListView
        listView1.Items.Add(lvi);
    }
}

if you need to create list out of dataset table. you can iterate rows as above and create list items inside the loop and add them to list.

Answer 2

You can load your data without having to fill an intermediate DataSet by using ExecuteScalar and ExecuteReader . So something like the following:

cmd.CommandText = "select respond from alert";
var respond = cmd.ExecuteScalar();

if (respond != null && (int)respond == 1)
{
   //... execute your command to select from Member here
}

Then, inside your if use ExecuteReader , and load the values directly from the SqlDataReader :

cmd.CommandText = "select * from Member";

using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
    while(reader.Read())
    {
        list.Add(new MemberAlert
            {
                Name = reader.GetString(0),
                // load other properties from reader
            });
    }
}