Database connection with ADO

C969Project/C969Project.csproj

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="9.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="MySql.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>

C969Project/Data/DatabaseHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+using C969Project.Data.Models;
+using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
+
+namespace C969Project.Data;
+
+public static class DatabaseHelper 
+{
+    public static List<User> Users { get; private set; } = new();
+    
+    public static void Initialize()
+    {
+        PopulateUsers();
+    }
+
+    public static User? GetUserById(int userId)
+    {
+        User user = Users.Find(u => u.UserId == userId);
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    private static void PopulateUsers()
+    {
+        using MySqlConnection connection = new(AppSettings.GetSetting("ConnectionStrings", "DefaultConnection"));
+        try
+        {
+            connection.Open();
+        }
+        catch (MySqlException ex)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
+        
+        string query = "SELECT * FROM client_schedule.user";
+
+        using MySqlCommand command = new(query, connection);
+        using MySqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();
+        while (reader.Read())
+        {
+            int id = reader.GetInt32("userId");
+            string name = reader.GetString("userName");
+            string password = reader.GetString("password");
+            int active = reader.GetInt32("active");
+            DateTime createDate = reader.GetDateTime("createDate");
+            string createdBy = reader.GetString("createdBy");
+            var lastUpdated = reader.GetDateTime("lastUpdate"); // Timestap
+            string lastUpdateBy = reader.GetString("lastUpdateBy");
+            Console.WriteLine($"Id: {id}; Name: {name}; Password: {password}; Active: {active}; Created by: {createdBy}; Last Updated by: {lastUpdateBy}");
+            User user = new()
+            {
+                UserId = id,
+                Username = name,
+                Password = password,
+                Active = active,
+                CreateDate = createDate,
+                CreatedBy = createdBy,
+                LastUpdate = lastUpdated,
+                LastUpdateBy = lastUpdateBy
+            };
+            Users.Add(user);
+        }
+    }
+}

C969Project/Data/Models/User.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+namespace C969Project.Data.Models;
+
+public class User
+{
+    // int id = reader.GetInt32("userId");
+    // string name = reader.GetString("userName");
+    // string password = reader.GetString("password");
+    // int active = reader.GetInt32("active");
+    // DateTime scheduled = reader.GetDateTime("createDate");
+    // string createdBy = reader.GetString("createdBy");
+    // var lastUpdated = reader.GetDateTime("lastUpdate"); // Timestap
+    // string lastUpdateBy = reader.GetString("lastUpdateBy");
+    
+    public int UserId { get; set; }
+    public string Username { get; set; }
+    public string Password { get; set; }
+    public int Active { get; set; }
+    public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
+    public string CreatedBy { get; set; }
+    public DateTime LastUpdate { get; set; }
+    public string LastUpdateBy { get; set; }
+}

C969Project/LoginForm.cs

@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ namespace C969Project
         {
             InitializeComponent();
             
-            // Determine user location and set the Localization CureentLanguage based on either US or IS location
-            
             loginLabel.Text = Localization.GetLocalization("login_text");
             usernameTextBox.PlaceholderText = Localization.GetLocalization("username_text");
             passwordTextBox.PlaceholderText = Localization.GetLocalization("password_text");
             loginButton.Text = Localization.GetLocalization("login_text");
+            
+            
         }
+        
+        
     }
 }

C969Project/Program.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using C969Project.Data;
+
 namespace C969Project
 {
     internal static class Program
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ namespace C969Project
         {
             AppSettings.Initialize();
             Localization.Initialize();
+            DatabaseHelper.Initialize();
             
             // To customize application configuration such as set high DPI settings or default font,
             // see https://aka.ms/applicationconfiguration.

C969Project/appsettings.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": ""
+    "DefaultConnection": "server=localhost;port=3306;database=client_schedule;uid=sqlUser;password=Passw0rd!"
   },
   "AppSettings": {
     "DefaultLocale": "en-US"