Can anyone write a simple example of how to connect from my ASPX website to my Database? I'm just starting in ASP, so please keep it simple.
MysqlDB Name :  ASP
Class :  Database.cs
Can anyone write a simple example of how to connect from my ASPX website to my Database? I'm just starting in ASP, so please keep it simple.
MysqlDB Name :  ASP
Class :  Database.cs
maybe this will help
first of all you need to include some reference you can download them at this link: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/
here is the code:
using MySql.Data.MysqlClient;
namespace OwnNameSpace
{
  public class Database
  {
    MySqlConnection connect;
    string connection = "Data Source=localhost;Database=ASP;User ID=(your ID)";
//constructor
public Database()
{
}
  // this if want to select something in your db
  public MySqlDataReader Select(string query)
  {
      connect = new MySqlConnection(connection);
      connect.Close();
      MySqlCommand command = connect.CreateCommand();
      command.CommandText = query;
      connect.Open();
      MySqlDataReader reader;
      return reader = command.ExecuteReader();
  }
  // this if want to insert/delete or update 
  public Boolean Modify(string query)
  {
      connect = new MySqlConnection(connection);
      MySqlCommand command = connect.CreateCommand();
      command.CommandText = query;
      connect.Open();
      try
      {
         command.ExecuteNonQuery();
         return true;
      }
      catch
      {
        return false;
      }
   }
 }
}