ways to retrieve data from database in C# code example

Example: how to retrieve data from a sql server database in c#

public Person SomeMethod(string fName)
        {
            var con = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Yourconnection"].ToString();

            Person matchingPerson = new Person();
            using (SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(con))
            {
                string oString = "Select * from Employees where FirstName=@fName";
                SqlCommand oCmd = new SqlCommand(oString, myConnection);
                oCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Fname", fName);           
                myConnection.Open();
                using (SqlDataReader oReader = oCmd.ExecuteReader())
                {
                    while (oReader.Read())
                    {    
                        matchingPerson.firstName = oReader["FirstName"].ToString();
                        matchingPerson.lastName = oReader["LastName"].ToString();                       
                    }

                    myConnection.Close();
                }               
            }
            return matchingPerson;
        }