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About

This package implements a data provider for ODBC data sources.

Key Features

Allows access to ODBC data sources.

How to Use

This is a basic example of retrieving the results of a query using an OdbcDataReader. For examples of using an OdbcDataAdapter, and of updating an ODBC data source, please see the documentation.

cs
using System.Data.Odbc;

string connectionString = ""; // Fill in
string queryString = "SELECT DISTINCT CustomerID FROM Orders";

using OdbcConnection connection = new OdbcConnection(connectionString);
using OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand(queryString, connection);

connection.Open();
using OdbcDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();

while (reader.Read())
{
    Console.WriteLine("CustomerID={0}", reader[0]);
}

Main Types

  • OdbcConnection represents a connection to an ODBC data source.
  • OdbcCommand represents an SQL statement or stored procedure to execute against an ODBC data source..
  • OdbcDataReader provides a way of reading a forward-only stream of data rows from an ODBC data source.
  • OdbcDataAdapter represents a set of data commands and a database connection that are used to fill a DataSet and update the ODBC data source.

Additional Documentation

System.Data.OleDb is a similar package for accessing OLE DB data sources.

Feedback & Contributing

System.Data.Odbc is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports are welcome at the GitHub repository. This package is considered complete and we only consider low-risk, high-impact fixes that are necessary to maintain or improve quality.