Asking for legitimate example of calling stored procedure C#: MYSQL

Question

I\'ve spent about 7 hours trying to figure this out by trial and error. All the online examples I have seen either don\'t work, or dont apply, or only show half of what Im l

Answer 1

I believe the code and the pictures say more than I ever will.

C# DB Layer (DB Layer has conn as a connection string):

// Note: this is an instance (myDB in terms of the GUI Object)

using System.Data;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
...
...
public long MultBySeven(long theNum)
{   // Call a Mysql Stored Proc named "multBy7"
    // which takes an IN parameter, Out parameter (the names are important. Match them)
    // Multiply the IN by 7 and return the product thru the OUT parameter

    long lParam = 0;
    using (MySqlConnection lconn = new MySqlConnection(connString))
    {
        lconn.Open();
        using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand())
        {
            cmd.Connection = lconn;
            cmd.CommandText = "multBy7"; // The name of the Stored Proc
            cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; // It is a Stored Proc

            // Two parameters below. An IN and an OUT (myNum and theProduct, respectively)
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@myNum", theNum); // lazy, not specifying ParameterDirection.Input;
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@theProduct", MySqlDbType.Int32);
            cmd.Parameters["@theProduct"].Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; // from System.Data
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); // let it rip
            Object obj = cmd.Parameters["@theProduct"].Value;
            lParam = (Int32)obj;    // more useful datatype
        }
    }
    return (lParam);
}

C# GUI Test Layer:

private void btnTestInOut_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{   // This GUI Layer call thru the use of a business object or data layer object (`myDB`)
    long localHere = myDB.MultBySeven(11);
}

Stored Procedure (take a number, multiply by 7):

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS multBy7;
DELIMITER $
CREATE PROCEDURE multBy7
(   IN myNum INT,
    OUT theProduct INT
)
BEGIN
    SET theProduct=myNum*7;
END$
DELIMITER ;

Debug View (read: it works. 11x7=77):

MySQL Connector 6.9.9.0 / Visual Studio 2015:

See also 5.10.1 Using Stored Routines from Connector/Net, age unknown.

Answer 2

You should set up a reference to the parameter

var param3 = new MySqlParameter();
param3.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
param3.DbType = // whatever the dbtype for int is or whatever you need.
param3.ParameterName = "param3";

com.Parameters.Add(param3);

in your try block, insert

var result = com.ExecuteReader(); // or com.ExecuteScalar();

after you execute that, your parameter should have the value populated and you should be able to also read the SP results (select).

var paramResult = param3.Value;

Reading the results of the SP can be done as reader or scalar.

// execute reader
while (result.Read()) {
    int value = result.GetInt32(0)); 
} /* read returned values in result */ 

// execute scalar
int value;
if (int.TryParse($"{result}", out value)) {
    /* do something with value */ 
}

/************************************************/

This block should get you where you need to go

        const string strcon = "whatevs";

        using (MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(strcon))
        {
            const string sql = "login";

            MySqlCommand com = new MySqlCommand(sql, con);
            com.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

            var stuffParam = new MySqlParameter("stuff", stuffValue);
            var passParam = new MySqlParameter("pass", passValue);
            var param3Param = new MySqlParameter();
            param3Param.ParameterName = "param3";
            param3Param.DbType = DbType.Int32;
            param3Param.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;

            com.Parameters.Add(stuffParam);
            com.Parameters.Add(passParam);
            com.Parameters.Add(param3Param);

            try
            {
                var scalarResult = com.ExecuteScalar();

                // because you used select @param3 in your sp.
                int value;
                if (int.TryParse($"{scalarResult}", out value))
                {
                    //do something with value
                }

                //// because you used select @param3 in your sp.
                //var readerResult = com.ExecuteReader();

                //if (readerResult.Read())
                //{
                //    // 
                //    value = readerResult.GetInt32(0);
                //}

                int param3Returned;
                if(int.TryParse($"{param3Param.Value}", out param3Returned))
                {
                    // do something with param3Returned
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // do something with ex
            }
        }