Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Working with a database asynchronously

This recipe walks us through the process of creating a database, populating it with data, and reading data asynchronously.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. No other prerequisites are required. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter9\Recipe3.

How to do it...

To understand the process of creating a database, populating it with data, and reading data asynchronously, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.IO; using System.Reflection; using System.Threading.Tasks; ...