In that case, use straight ADO.NET code. Here is some sample code that we sometimes use to read and write data in a SQL database:
public static System.Data.DataTable ReadData(string connectionString, string sqlQuery, Dictionary<string,> parameters = null)
{
DataTable myTable = new DataTable();
using (SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
cnn.Open();
using (SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand())
{
SqlParameter param;
myCommand.CommandText = sqlQuery;
if (parameters != null)
{
foreach (var entry in parameters)
{
param = new SqlParameter();
param.ParameterName = entry.Key;
param.Value = entry.Value;
myCommand.Parameters.Add(param);
}
}
myCommand.Connection = cnn;
using (SqlDataReader reader = myCommand.ExecuteReader())
{
myTable.Load(reader);
}
}
}
return myTable;
}
public static int WriteData(string connectionString, string sqlQuery, Dictionary<string,> parameters = null)
{
using (SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
cnn.Open();
using (SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand())
{
SqlParameter param;
myCommand.CommandText = sqlQuery;
if (parameters != null)
{
foreach (var entry in parameters)
{
param = new SqlParameter();
param.ParameterName = entry.Key;
param.Value = entry.Value;
myCommand.Parameters.Add(param);
}
}
myCommand.Connection = cnn;
return myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
}
To use this, just pass in the connection string, the SQL query, and a Dictionary list of parameters. Adding a parameter to the Dictionary would look like this:
parameters.Add("@UserID", "14");