ServantSoftware.Data.Csv 1.0.0.415

CSV ADO.NET Data Provider

Package Name	Release (NuGet)
ServantSoftware.Data.Csv

The CSV ADO.NET Data Provider offers a set of classes that facilitate data access to CSV files using the ADO.NET framework. It provides CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations to interact with CSV files as if they were a database. The CSV format (as specified in RFC 4180 has no data typing. As a result, all data stored in the XML files is data typed as a string.

Features

• ADO.NET compliant provider for CSV files.
• Support for CRUD operations.
• Implementation of ADO.NET interfaces for consistency with other data providers.
• Customizable and extendable to meet specific needs.
• Comprehensive XML comments to assist with usage.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 7.0 or later.
• An IDE that supports .NET development, such as Visual Studio.

Installation

You can install the CSV ADO.NET Data Provider from the NuGet package manager or by using the following command in your terminal:

dotnet add package ServantSoftware.Data.Csv

Usage

To use the CSV ADO.NET Data Provider, you'll need to create a CsvConnection instance, then create a CsvCommand instance, and execute it. Here's an example:

using System.Data.CsvClient;

var connectionString = new FileConnectionString() { DataSource = "path/to/your/folder" };
using var connection = new CsvConnection(connectionString);
connection.Open();

var commandText = "SELECT * FROM your_table_name_without_extension";
using var command = new CsvCommand(commandText, connection);
using var reader = command.ExecuteReader();

while (reader.Read())
{
    // Process data
}

connection.Close();

Connection String

The connection string is used mainly to determine the data source for the provider. The data source will always be a path to a folder.

Folder As Database

In this mode, the folder represents the CSV database, and each CSV file in the folder represents a table. The file name then becomes the table's name, minus the .csv extension, and you can expect the data within the file to be rows of comma-separated values.

For example, if there's a file named employees.csv with the following content:

name,email,salary,married
Joe,Joe@gmail.com,56000,true
Bob,bob32@gmail.com,95000,

In the above example, this table would have 4 columns, one for each unique header. The absence of a value, as seen for the "married" property in the second row, would be represented internally as null.

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to the .NET Foundation for the ADO.NET framework.
• Special gratitude to those who have provided invaluable feedback and contributions to this project.