How to display data from Azure SQL Database in .NET MAUI DataGrid?

Displaying data from an Azure SQL Database in a .NET MAUI DataGrid involves several steps: setting up your Azure SQL Database, connecting to it from your .NET MAUI application, and displaying the retrieved data in a DataGrid. Below is a step-by-step guide to help you achieve this.

Step 1: Set Up Azure SQL Database

1. Create an Azure SQL Database:

• Log into the Azure Portal.
• Navigate to “SQL Databases” and click “Add”.
• Fill in the required details (Database name, server, resource group, etc.) and create the database.
• After creation, go to the database’s “Connection strings” and copy the ADO.NET connection string for later use.

2 .Configure Firewall:

• Go to your database settings in the Azure Portal.
• Under “Firewalls and virtual networks”, add your IP address to allow access to the database.

Step 2: Connect to Azure SQL Database

• Install the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient package to interact with SQL Server

• Create a Data Access Layer.

C#

Create a class for accessing the database and retrieving data. Use the ADO .NET connection string copied earlier.

public class DatabaseService
{
    public const string ConnectionString = "Your connection string here";

    public IEnumerable<Stocks> PopulateData()
    {
        var items = new ObservableCollection<Stocks>();

        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
        {
                conn.Open();
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT Ticker, CompanyName, LastPrice, Change, ChangePercent, OpenColumn,HighColumn,LowColumn,Volume,MarketCap FROM Stocks", conn))
            {
                using (SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
                {
                    while (reader.Read())
                    {
                        items.Add(new Stocks
                        {
                            Ticker = reader["Ticker"].ToString(),
                            CompanyName = reader["CompanyName"].ToString(),
                            LastPrice = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["LastPrice"]),
                            Change = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["Change"]),
                            ChangePercent = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["ChangePercent"]),
                            OpenColumn = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["OpenColumn"]),
                            HighColumn = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["HighColumn"]),
                            LowColumn = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["LowColumn"]),
                            Volume = Convert.ToInt64(reader["Volume"]),
                            MarketCap = Convert.ToDecimal(reader["MarketCap"])
                        });

                    }
                }
            }

            return items;
        }
    }
}

ViewModel

Populate the data in the OnAppearing() method.

 public void InitialyzeAsync()
 {
     foreach (var item in _service.PopulateData())
     {
         StockData.Add(item);
     }
 }

XAML

<syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="sfGrid" ColumnWidthMode="Auto"
              ItemsSource="{Binding StockData}"/>

The following screenshot shows how to to display data from Azure SQL Database in .NET MAUI DataGrid.

View sample in GitHub

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Conclusion

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