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Why can't I get data from my NPGSQL server?

I need to write a C# program and it has to be able to manage my data on my server. I have an NPGSQL server set up with a data table, I can write data into it, but I just can't get to read the data while running a program.What do I do wrong?
public NpgsqlDataReader reader;
public NpgsqlCommand InsertCommand = new NpgsqlCommand();
public String sConnectionString;
public Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection Conn;
public void DataBaseOpen()
{
sConnectionString = "Server=192.168.1.100;Port=5432;Username=postgres;Password=admin;Database=analoginput;Pooling=false;MinPoolSize=1;MaxPoolSize=999;Timeout=15;";
Conn = new Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection(sConnectionString);
InsertCommand = Conn.CreateCommand();
Conn.Open();
}
public void DataBaseClose()
{
Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection.ClearAllPools();
Conn.Close();
}
InsertCommand.CommandText = "Select * From public.sensorlog WHERE \"date\" > '2019.07.08.' And \"date\" < '2019.07.10.' order by Date asc;";
System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(InsertCommand.CommandText);
Npgsql.NpgsqlDataReader reader = InsertCommand.ExecuteReader();
System.Data.DataTable CSV = new System.Data.DataTable();
while (reader.Read())
{
CSV.Load(reader);
}
I want to load the data into the CSV datatable, but I just can't get it to work. The datatable is just empty.

What if you refactor your code to something like below.
The using statement will guarantee that your connection & command is closed/disposed when it goes out of scope and with the try/catch block you will catch any exceptions and report it to the UI via messagebox. This will assist in capturing exceptions if there are any.
public Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection DatabaseOpen()
{
var sConnectionString = "Server=192.168.1.100;Port=5432;Username=postgres;Password=xxx;Database=analoginput;Pooling=false;MinPoolSize=1;MaxPoolSize=999;Timeout=15;";
var Conn = new Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection(sConnectionString);
Conn.Open();
return Conn;
}
public void Main()
{
try
{
using (var conn = DatabaseOpen())
{
using (var InsertCommand = conn.CreateCommand())
{
InsertCommand.CommandText = "Select * From public.sensorlog WHERE \"date\" > '2019.07.08.' And \"date\" < '2019.07.10.' order by Date asc;";
System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(InsertCommand.CommandText);
Npgsql.NpgsqlDataReader reader = InsertCommand.ExecuteReader();
System.Data.DataTable CSV = new System.Data.DataTable();
while (reader.Read())
{
CSV.Load(reader);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
finally
{
Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection.ClearAllPools();
}
}

Connection to SQL Server through ADO.NET - Empty Listbox

Trying to set up a connection to my local SQL Server Express instance so that I can display columns in a listbox. Th build runs fine and I can't see errors, but there is no data in the listbox. I have tested the query and that is fine. I am using NT Authentication to the database. Any ideas where I might have gone wrong?
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void customers_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string commstring = "Driver ={SQL Server}; Server = DESKTOP-5T4MHHR\\SQLEXPRESS; Database = AdventureWorks2014; Trusted_Connection = Yes;";
string connstring = "SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Person.Person";
SqlDataAdapter customerDataAdapater = new SqlDataAdapter(commstring, connstring);
DataSet customerDataSet = new DataSet();
customerDataAdapater.Fill(customerDataSet, "Person.Person");
DataTable customerDataTable = new DataTable();
customerDataTable = customerDataSet.Tables[0];
foreach (DataRow dataRow in customerDataTable.Rows)
{
customers.Items.Add(dataRow["FirstName"] + " (" + dataRow["LastName"] + ")");
}
}
}

I tested your code in a sample project here and I realized you passed the parameters to SqlDataAdapter constructor in a wrong order.
After changing the follow line:
SqlDataAdapter customerDataAdapater = new SqlDataAdapter(commstring, connstring);
by
SqlDataAdapter customerDataAdapater = new SqlDataAdapter(connstring, commstring);
the listbox was filled successfully.

Your connection string seems weird.....
Could you try using just this:
string commstring = "Server=DESKTOP-5T4MHHR\\SQLEXPRESS;Database=AdventureWorks2014;Trusted_Connection=Yes;";
Also: why are you first creating a DataSet, filling in a single set of data, and then extracting a DataTable from it?? This is unnecessarily complicated code - just use this instead:
SqlDataAdapter customerDataAdapater = new SqlDataAdapter(commstring, connstring);
// if you only ever need *one* set of data - just use a DataTable directly!
DataTable customerDataTable = new DataTable();
// Fill DataTable with the data from the query
customerDataAdapater.Fill(customerDataTable);
Update: I would really rewrite your code to something like this:
// create a separate class - call it whatever you like
public class DataProvider
{
// define a method to provide that data to you
public List<string> GetPeople()
{
// define connection string (I'd really load that from CONFIG, in real world)
string connstring = "Server=MSEDTOP;Database=AdventureWorks2014;Trusted_Connection=Yes;";
// define your query
string query = "SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Person.Person";
// prepare a variable to hold the results
List<string> entries = new List<string>();
// put your SqlConnection and SqlCommand into "using" blocks
using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connstring))
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, conn))
{
conn.Open();
// iterate over the results using a SqlDataReader
using (SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (rdr.Read())
{
// get first and last name from current row of query
string firstName = rdr.GetFieldValue<string>(0);
string lastName = rdr.GetFieldValue<string>(1);
// add entry to result list
entries.Add(firstName + " " + lastName);
}
rdr.Close();
}
conn.Close();
}
// return the results
return entries;
}
}
And in your code-behind, you only need to do something like this:
protected override void OnLoad(.....)
{
if (!IsPostback)
{
List<string> people = new DataProvider().GetPeople();
customers.DataSource = people;
customers.DataBind();
}
}
but I still don't understand what you were trying to when the SelectedIndexChanged event happens.....

OleDbCommand select does not return expected rows

I have two Access tables, namely Projects, including the rows of projectTitle and partyID, and ProjectParty, including the rows of title and ID.
private void btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection();
conn.ConnectionString = #"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=HesabKetab.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;";
//search in the database
OleDbCommand oleCmd = new OleDbCommand();
oleCmd.Connection = conn;
if (radioBtnByTitle.Checked)
{
oleCmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Projects WHERE projectTitle=#projectTitle";
oleCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("#projectTitle", txtProjectTitle.Text);
}
else if (radioBtnByParty.Checked)
{
oleCmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Projects WHERE partyID=#partyID";
oleCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("#partyID", comboParty.SelectedValue.ToString());
}
//execute query
OleDbDataAdapter ole_da = new OleDbDataAdapter(oleCmd);
DataTable dt= new DataTable();
try
{
conn.Open();
ole_da.Fill(dt);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
dataGridViewDisplaySearchResults.DataSource = dt;
conn.Close();
}
In the above code I am trying to retrieve the values of the Projects Access database table. The second if is successful and it loads the queried rows into DataGridView. But the first if (when true) does not return the expected values. In fact, it loads nothing into the DataGridView. I have no idea why the query does not work when I try to do the select based on projectTitle. I tried debugging but I got no clue which parameters were being passed to the select command. Where am I wrong?

instead txtProjectTitle.ToString() in the first condition, isn't it txtProjectTitle.Text

How to copy MySqlDataReader into an array and then loop throught the array?

I am new to C# so yes this should be a faily easy question but I can't seem to find the answer to it.
I have a method that query a database.
What I am trying to do here is handle the loop though the data outside the method.
public MySqlDataReader getDataSet(string query)
{
MySqlDataReader dataset = null;
MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(conn_string);
if (startConnection(conn) == true)
{
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn);
dataset = cmd.ExecuteReader();
closeConnection(conn);
}
return dataset;
}
what I could do is write a while loop just before the closeConnection(conn); line and handle the data. But, I don't want to do it inside this method and I want to do it somewhere else in my code.
In one of my forms I want to read the database on the load so here is what I tried to do
public newDepartment()
{
InitializeComponent();
inputDepartmentName.Text = "Hi";
dbConnetion db = new dbConnetion();
MySqlDataReader ds = db.getDataSet("SELECT name FROM test;");
while (ds.Read())
{
//Do Something
}
}
The problem that I am having is that I get an error Invalid attempt to Read when reader is closed
Which I belive I get this issue because I close the connection and then I am trying to read it. so What I need to do is read the data from the query and put it in an array and then loop through the array and deal with the data in a different form.
How can I workaround this issue? if my idea is good then how can I copy the data into an array and how do I loop though the array?
Here is the full class
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace POS
{
public class dbConnetion
{
//private OdbcConnection conn;
private readonly string mServer;
private readonly string mDatabase;
private readonly string mUid;
private readonly string mPassword;
private readonly string mPort;
private readonly string conn_string;
public dbConnetion()
{
mServer = "localhost";
mDatabase = "pos";
mUid = "root";
mPassword = "";
mPort = "3306";
conn_string = String.Format("server={0};user={1};database={2};port={3};password={4};", mServer, mUid, mDatabase, mPort, mPassword);
}
//Start connection to database
private bool startConnection(MySqlConnection mConnection)
{
try
{
mConnection.Open();
return true;
}
catch (MySqlException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
return false;
}
}
//Close connection
private bool closeConnection(MySqlConnection mConnection)
{
try
{
mConnection.Close();
return true;
}
catch (MySqlException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
return false;
}
}
public MySqlDataReader getDataSet(string query)
{
MySqlDataReader dataset = null;
MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(conn_string);
if (startConnection(conn) == true)
{
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn);
dataset = cmd.ExecuteReader();
closeConnection(conn);
}
return dataset;
}
public void processQuery(string strSQL, List<MySqlParameter> pars)
{
MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(conn_string);
if (startConnection(conn) == true)
{
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(strSQL, conn);
foreach (MySqlParameter param in pars)
{
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);
}
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
closeConnection(conn);
}
}
}
}

Putting the records into an array would destroy the best feature of a using a datareader: that you only need to allocate memory for one record at a time. Try doing something like this:
public IEnumerable<T> getData<T>(string query, Func<IDataRecord, T> transform)
{
using (var conn = new MySqlConnection(conn_string))
using (var cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn))
{
conn.Open();
using (var rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (rdr.Read())
{
yield return transform(rdr);
}
}
}
}
While I'm here, there's a very serious security flaw with this code and the original. A method like this that only accepts a query string, with no separate mechanism for parameters, forces you to write code that will be horribly horribly vulnerable to sql injection attacks. The processQuery() method already accounts for this, so let's extend getDataset() to avoid that security issue as well:
public IEnumerable<T> getData<T>(string query, List<MySqlParameter> pars, Func<IDataRecord, T> transform)
{
using (var conn = new MySqlConnection(conn_string))
using (var cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn))
{
if (pars != null)
{
foreach(MySqlParameter p in pars) cmd.Parameters.Add(p);
}
conn.Open();
using (var rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (rdr.Read())
{
yield return transform(rdr);
}
}
}
}
Much better. Now we don't have to write code that's just asking to get hacked anymore. Here's how your newDepartment() method will look now:
public newDepartment()
{
InitializeComponent();
inputDepartmentName.Text = "Hi";
dbConnetion db = new dbConnetion();
foreach(string name in db.getDataSet("SELECT name FROM test;", null, r => r["name"].ToString() ))
{
//Do Something
}
}
One thing about this code is that is uses a delegate to have you provide a method to create a strongly-typed object. It does this because of the way the datareaders work: if you don't create a new object at each iteration, you're working on the same object, which can have undesirable results. In this case, I don't know what kind of object you're working with, so I just used a string based on what your SELECT query was doing.
Based on a separate discussion, here's an example of calling this for a more complicated result set:
foreach(var item in db.getDataSet(" long query here ", null, r =>
new columnClass()
{
firstname = r["firstname"].ToString(),
lastname = r["lastname"].ToString(),
//...
}
) )
{
//Do something
}

Since you are new to .Net I thought I point out that there are two layers of database access in ADO.Net. There are the data reader way that you are using and all of that is online only forward reading of queries. This is the lowest level access and will give you the best performance but it is more work. For most connection types you can only execute one command or have one active data reader per connection (And you can't close the connection before you have read the query as you are doing).
The other form is the offline data adapter and requires just a little bit different code, but is generally easier to use.
public DataTable getDataSet(string query)
{
MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(conn_string);
if (startConnection(conn) == true)
{
MySqlDataAdapter adapter = new MySqlDataAdapter(query, conn);
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);
closeConnection(conn);
return table;
}
return null;
}
This will result in you getting a DataTable with columns and rows corresponding to the result of your query (Also look into command builders if you want to post changes back to the database later on from it, but for that you will need to keep the connection open).
One nice thing with using the data adapter is that it will figure out what the correct data types should be so you don't have to worry about invalid cast exceptions while reading the data from the data reader.
As somebody pointed out though you will need to read all the data into memory which could be a problem if you are dealing with a lot of memory. Also the DataTable class is really slow when you start dealing with a lot of records. Finally DataTable and DataSet classes also generally hook well into UI components in .Net so that their contents can easily be displayed to users.

How to call a stored procedure using ADO.NET?

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection();
conn.ConnectionString = "Data Source=*******;Initial Catalog=ChatApp;User ID=Chatapplication;Password=****";
conn.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
string chatroomidno = textBox1.Text;
string chatroomname = textBox2.Text;
//cmd.CommandText = "Select ChatRoomID=#ChatRoomID,ChatRoomName=#ChatRoomName from tblChatRoom";
//cmd.Connection = conn;
SqlDataAdapter adapt = new SqlDataAdapter("Chatroomapp",conn);
adapt.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
DataSet ds=new DataSet();
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#ChatRoomID", SqlDbType.VarChar, 100));
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters["#ChatRoomID"].Value = chatroomidno;
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#ChatRoomName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50));
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters["#ChatRoomName"].Value = chatroomname;
adapt.Fill(ds, "tblChatRoom");
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("Connection Succedded");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Connection Fails");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error", ex.Message);
}
}
While compiling the program I got only connection fails message box, in the database. I found correct, how to overcome the program to get the connection succeeded message box.

Well, you're filling the ds data set - but then you're checking the dt data table for presence of rows... that's never going to work, of course!
If you only need a single DataTable - just use and fill that data table alone - no need for the overhead of a DataSet. Also, put your SqlConnection and SqlCommand into using blocks like this:
using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=*******;Initial Catalog=ChatApp;User ID=Chatapplication;Password=****"))
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Chatroomapp", conn))
{
string chatroomidno = textBox1.Text;
string chatroomname = textBox2.Text;
SqlDataAdapter adapt = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
adapt.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#ChatRoomID", SqlDbType.VarChar, 100));
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters["#ChatRoomID"].Value = chatroomidno;
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#ChatRoomName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50));
adapt.SelectCommand.Parameters["#ChatRoomName"].Value = chatroomname;
// fill the data table - no need to explicitly call `conn.Open()` -
// the SqlDataAdapter automatically does this (and closes the connection, too)
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
adapt.Fill(dt);
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("Connection Succedded");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Connection Fails");
}
}
And just because you get back no rows in dt.Rows doesn't necessarily mean that your connection failed..... it could just be that there are no rows that match your search critieria! The connection worked just fine - but the SQL command just didn't return any rows.

Connection failed means that something went wrong between your program and the database. No records returned does not mean that the connection failed. It just means that your table is empty - it contains no records.
Using ADO.NET and a stored procedures would have been a little different from what you have done it. If you need to check if the connection failed, maybe it is better to check the type of exception that is returned in the catch part.
Below is how I would have done it. I would have created a separate method that would have handled my call, and then in your button1_Click I would have just called this method:
public async Task<ChatRoom> GetAsync(string chatRoomId, string chatRoomName)
{
try
{
string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Db"].ConnectionString;
using (SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
await sqlConnection.OpenAsync();
using (SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("ChatRooms_Get", sqlConnection))
{
sqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
sqlCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#ChatRoomID", chatRoomId));
sqlCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#ChatRoomName", chatRoomName));
using (SqlDataReader sqlDataReader = await sqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync())
{
ChatRoom chatRoom = null;
if (await sqlDataReader.ReadAsync())
{
chatRoom = new ChatRoom();
chatRoom.Id = sqlDataReader.GetFieldValue<string>(0);
chatRoom.Name = sqlDataReader.GetFieldValue<string>(1);
chatRooms.Add(chatRoom);
}
return chatRoom;
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
// Try checking if the connection failed here
throw exception;
}
}
My chat room domain model could have looked like this:
public class ChatRoom
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
And the stored procedure would have looked like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[ChatRooms_Get]
(
#ChatRoomID VARCHAR(100),
#ChatRoomName VARCHAR(50)
)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT
ChatRoomID,
ChatRoomName
FROM
tblChatRoom
WHERE
ChatRoomID = #ChatRoomID
AND ChatRoomName = #ChatRoomName;
END
GO
And then in the calling method you would get the chatroom and do with it whatever you need to do with it. For this example I just checked if it exists or not:
try
{
ChatRoom chatRoom = await chatRoomRepository.GetAsync(chatRoomId, chatRoomName);
if (chatRoom != null)
{
MessageBox.Show("Record found");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("No record found");
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
throw exception;
}
I hope this can help.