Question

I’m trying to do a Login code in C# with MySQL. Basically the user enters a username and password then the code checks the database if the the password is correct. I’m having trouble getting the code to read from the data base… Here is where I’m at.

public string strUsername;
public string strPassword;


//Connect to DataBase
MySQLServer.Open();

//Check Login
MySqlDataReader mySQLReader = null;
MySqlCommand mySQLCommand = MySQLServer.CreateCommand();
mySQLCommand.CommandText = ("SELECT * FROM user_accounts WHERE username =" +strUsername);
mySQLReader = mySQLCommand.ExecuteReader();
while (mySQLReader.Read())
{
  string TruePass = mySQLReader.GetString(1);
  if (strPassword == TruePass)
  {
    blnCorrect = true;
    //Get Player Data
  }
}

MySQLServer.Close();

From what I’ve done in the past, I thought this would work but if I print it, it Seems like its not being read. I am still fairly new to MySQL so any help would be Great.

Answer 1

Non-numeric field value must be enclosed with single quote.

mySQLCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM user_accounts WHERE username ='" +strUsername + "'";
mySQLCommand.Connection=MySQLServer; 

but you have to use Parameters to prevent SQL Injection.

 mySQLCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM user_accounts WHERE username =@username"; 
 mySQLCommand.Connection=MySQLServer;
 mySQLCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@username",strUsername);