Question

I want to create a CSV file from our Sage Abra Suite database using C#. At this point I am just trying to make a connection to it and having difficulty to create one and to test it.

I have a Visual Studio 2010 installed, and the table that I want to access is resided on the server (called it Server1). As far as I know the database that the Sage Abra uses is VisualFoxPro

So I need help right now to how to create the database connection and testing the connection in C#.

Answer 1

Ended up using a connection string

   // Build the connection string
      string connectionString = @"Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;Data Source= myServer;Collating Sequence=general";

      // Create the connection
      OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(connectionString);

      // Open the connection
      connection.Open();