using System; using System.Text; using System.Data.SqlClient; namespace AzureSqlSample { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string sql; // Build connection string SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(); builder.DataSource = "your_server_name.database.windows.net"; // update me builder.UserID = "your_user"; // update me builder.Password = "your_password"; // update me builder.InitialCatalog = "your_database_name"; // update me // Connect to Azure SQL using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString)) { try { Console.WriteLine("Connect to Azure SQL and demo Create, Read, Update and Delete operations."); // Connect to Azure SQL Console.Write("Connecting to Azure SQL ... "); connection.Open(); Console.WriteLine("Done."); using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Employees", connection)) { command.ExecuteNonQuery(); } // Create a Table and insert some sample data Console.Write("Creating sample table with data, press any key to continue..."); Console.ReadKey(true); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); sb.Append("CREATE TABLE Employees ( "); sb.Append(" Id INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "); sb.Append(" Name NVARCHAR(50), "); sb.Append(" Location NVARCHAR(50) "); sb.Append("); "); sb.Append("INSERT INTO Employees (Name, Location) VALUES "); sb.Append("(N'Jared', N'Australia'), "); sb.Append("(N'Nikita', N'India'), "); sb.Append("(N'Tom', N'Germany'); "); sql = sb.ToString(); using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection)) { command.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine("Done."); } // INSERT demo Console.Write("Inserting a new row into table, press any key to continue..."); Console.ReadKey(true); sb.Clear(); sb.Append("INSERT Employees (Name, Location) "); sb.Append("VALUES (@name, @location);"); sql = sb.ToString(); using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection)) { command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", "Jake"); command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@location", "United States"); int rowsAffected = command.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine(rowsAffected + " row(s) inserted"); } // UPDATE demo String userToUpdate = "Nikita"; Console.Write("Updating 'Location' for user '" + userToUpdate + "', press any key to continue..."); Console.ReadKey(true); sb.Clear(); sb.Append("UPDATE Employees SET Location = N'United States' WHERE Name = @name"); sql = sb.ToString(); using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection)) { command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", userToUpdate); int rowsAffected = command.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine(rowsAffected + " row(s) updated"); } // DELETE demo String userToDelete = "Jared"; Console.Write("Deleting user '" + userToDelete + "', press any key to continue..."); Console.ReadKey(true); sb.Clear(); sb.Append("DELETE FROM Employees WHERE Name = @name;"); sql = sb.ToString(); using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection)) { command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", userToDelete); int rowsAffected = command.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine(rowsAffected + " row(s) deleted"); } // READ demo Console.WriteLine("Reading data from table, press any key to continue..."); Console.ReadKey(true); sql = "SELECT Id, Name, Location FROM Employees;"; using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection)) { using (SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader()) { while (reader.Read()) { Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", reader.GetInt32(0), reader.GetString(1), reader.GetString(2)); } } } } catch (SqlException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } finally { Console.WriteLine("Cleaning up table."); using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Employees", connection)) { command.ExecuteNonQuery(); } } } Console.WriteLine("All done. Press any key to finish..."); Console.ReadKey(true); } } }