C#

byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("example string");

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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(myString);
File.WriteAllBytes(path, bytes);

File.WriteAllText(sampleFile, stringContent, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);

Joan M wrote:

Now it seems the next step is to learn how to make a console application to run in a STA-Thread.

using System;

static class Program
{
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        ...
    }
}

public static List<Deposit> FromADO(DataTable objectsToConvert)
{
    return (from DataRow objectToConvert in objectsToConvert.Rows select FromADO(objectToConvert)).ToList();
}

public static Deposit FromADO(DataRow objectToConvert)
{
    var returned = new Deposit();
    if (objectToConvert.Table.Columns["ID"] != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(objectToConvert["ID"].ToString()))
        returned.ID = int.Parse(objectToConvert["ID"].ToString());
    if (objectToConvert.Table.Columns["DateTime"] != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(objectToConvert["DateTime"].ToString()))
        returned.DateTime = System.DateTime.Parse(objectToConvert["DateTime"].ToString());
    if (objectToConvert.Table.Columns["Description"] != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(objectToConvert["Description"].ToString()))
        returned.Description = objectToConvert["Description"].ToString();
    if (objectToConvert.Table.Columns["Total"] != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(objectToConvert["Total"].ToString()))
        returned.Total = double.Parse(objectToConvert["Total"].ToString());
    return returned;
}

public Deposit GetDepositById(int id)
{
    var parms = new List<SqlParameter>
    {
        new SqlParameter {DbType = DbType.Int16, Value = id, Direction = ParameterDirection.Input, ParameterName = "@ID", SqlDbType = SqlDbType.Int}
    };
    var returned = ADOHelper.ReturnDataTable(conn, "sp_DepositGetById", parms, CommandType.StoredProcedure);
    return Deposit.FromADO(returned).FirstOrDefault();
}

public List<Deposit> GetDepositsByDateRange(DateTime begindate, DateTime enddate)
 {
    var parms = new List<SqlParameter>
    {
     new SqlParameter {DbType = DbType.DateTime, Value = begindate, Direction = ParameterDirection.Input, ParameterName = "@BeginDate", SqlDbType = SqlDbType.DateTime},
     new SqlParameter {DbType = DbType.DateTime, Value = enddate, Direction = ParameterDirection.Input, ParameterName = "@EndDate", SqlDbType = SqlDbType.DateTime}
    };
     var returned = ADOHelper.ReturnDataTable(conn, "sp_DepositsGetByDateRange", parms, CommandType.StoredProcedure);
     return Deposit.FromADO(returned);
 }

C. David Johnson wrote:

To be perfectly honest its my experience that EF is a cool toy for pulling reports or nested data (Pull a Customer and have all his orders in a single call)
HOWEVER if performance is in any way a consideration for the application Avoid EF like the plague.

Member 13421843 wrote:

Do you have any idea ?