{"id":18966,"date":"2024-03-15T17:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-connect-to-sql-server-with-wpf\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:34:23","slug":"how-to-connect-to-sql-server-with-wpf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-connect-to-sql-server-with-wpf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect to SQL Server with WPF?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In WPF, you can use ADO.NET to connect to SQL Server and perform operations. Here are the steps to connect to SQL Server.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To add the necessary references: Right-click on the project in Visual Studio, select &#8220;Add&#8221; -> &#8220;Reference&#8221;, then choose the references for &#8220;System.Data&#8221; and &#8220;System.Data.SqlClient&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Add a button to the XAML file to trigger the connection operation. 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Add the following code in MainWindow.xaml.cs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System.Data.SqlClient;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Connect_Click<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">object<\/span> sender, RoutedEventArgs e<\/span>)<\/span>\r\n{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">string<\/span> connectionString = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Data Source=your_server_name;Initial Catalog=your_database_name;User ID=your_username;Password=your_password\"<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> (SqlConnection connection = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> SqlConnection(connectionString))\r\n    {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>\r\n        {\r\n            connection.Open();\r\n            MessageBox.Show(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Connection successful!\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8fde\u63a5\u6210\u529f\u540e\u53ef\u4ee5\u8fdb\u884c\u5176\u4ed6\u64cd\u4f5c\uff0c\u4f8b\u5982\u6267\u884cSQL\u67e5\u8be2<\/span>\r\n        }\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">catch<\/span> (Exception ex)\r\n        {\r\n            MessageBox.Show(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Connection failed: \"<\/span> + ex.Message);\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the connectionString, replace &#8220;your_server_name&#8221; with the name of your SQL Server instance, &#8220;your_database_name&#8221; with the name of the database you want to connect to, and &#8220;your_username&#8221; and &#8220;your_password&#8221; with your SQL Server username and password.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Run the application and click the button to attempt to connect to SQL Server. 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