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Asked: 2026-06-09T16:03:43+00:00

I am new to programming Metro App for Win8 using C#. I am familiar

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I am new to programming Metro App for Win8 using C#. I am familiar with C# already, but when I try to use the C# code for connecting and retrieving info from a SQL Database, it does not work.

Main problem is I cannot reference the “using System.Data / .SqlClient”, thus I can’t use the SqlConnection / DataReader. I could not find a workaround to this.

Edit: Upon further research, I found out that Windows 8 Apps does not support access to local services(hence cannot access Local SQL) based on this thread: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/toolsforwinapps/thread/c1c6aa70-5be9-496c-9d2d-a5b0fc0890a9

Does anyone with experience can help me point in the right direction for SQL / Windows 8 App integration?

Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    As far as I’m aware, System.Data is unavailable to Metro apps. If you need to store / retrieve data then you either need to do it to a file (isolated storage) or via a service.

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