About
MySqlConnector is an ADO.NET data provider for MySQL, MariaDB, Amazon Aurora, Azure Database for MySQL and other MySQL-compatible databases.
More documentation is available at the MySqlConnector website.
How to Use
// set these values correctly for your database server
var builder = new MySqlConnectionStringBuilder
{
Server = "your-server",
UserID = "database-user",
Password = "P@ssw0rd!",
Database = "database-name",
};
// open a connection asynchronously
using var connection = new MySqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString);
await connection.OpenAsync();
// create a DB command and set the SQL statement with parameters
using var command = connection.CreateCommand();
command.CommandText = @"SELECT * FROM orders WHERE order_id = @OrderId;";
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@OrderId", orderId);
// execute the command and read the results
using var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync();
while (reader.Read())
{
var id = reader.GetInt32("order_id");
var date = reader.GetDateTime("order_date");
// ...
}
Key Features
- Full support for async I/O
- High performance
- Supports .NET Framework, .NET Core, and .NET 5.0+
Main Types
The main types provided by this library are:
MySqlConnection(implementation ofDbConnection)MySqlCommand(implementation ofDbCommand)MySqlDataReader(implementation ofDbDataReader)MySqlBulkCopyMySqlBulkLoaderMySqlConnectionStringBuilderMySqlConnectorFactoryMySqlDataAdapterMySqlExceptionMySqlTransaction(implementation ofDbTransaction)
Related Packages
- Entity Framework Core: Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql
- Logging: log4net, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, NLog, Serilog
Feedback
MySqlConnector is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.