Filling a DataTable in C# using MySQL

Question

I\'m attempting to fill a DataTable with results pulled from a MySQL database, however the DataTable, although it is initialised, doesn\'t populate. I wanted to use this Dat

Answer 1

Check your connection string and instead of using

MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, connection);
MySqlDataAdapter returnVal = new MySqlDataAdapter(query,connection);
DataTable dt = new DataTable("CharacterInfo");
returnVal.Fill(dt);
this.CloseConnection();
return dt;

you can use this one

MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, connection);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.load(cmd.ExecuteReader());
return dt;