//Little helper method to get the orders
//To DO - Need to learn Connection Pooling or Entity Framework - this is really inefficient!
public static List <Order> lookUpOrders()
{
var results = new List <Order>();
try
{
MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(CloudConnectionHelper.connectionString());
conn.Open();
string stm = "SELECT * FROM orders";
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(stm, conn);
MySqlDataReader dataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
while (dataReader.Read())
{
Order newOrder = new Order {
ID = dataReader.GetInt32(0), customerId = dataReader.GetInt32(1), quantity = dataReader.GetInt32(2)
};
results.Add(newOrder);
}
conn.Close();
dataReader.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", ex.ToString());
}
return(results);
}
//Open the DB and any other resources
private static void obtainDBConnection()
{
Console.WriteLine("Openning Connection");
if (conn == null)
{
conn = new MySqlConnection(CloudConnectionHelper.connectionString());
conn.Open();
}
if (cmd == null)
{
cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
}
Console.WriteLine("Connection Open");
}
