Summary  
This chapter demonstrates how to establish a MySQL database connection in C#, define and execute a CREATE TABLE command as a non-query using ExecuteNonQuery, and manage the connection lifecycle with a using statement.

General domain of usage  
Inventory management

A grocery store's business is expanding, and they need an efficient way to keep track of their products. They hire you to make an application for them, which is based on a MySQL database where they can store and monitor all the products that they have in stock.

Your task is to write the C# code for:

1. Connecting to your local MySQL database;
2. Creating a new table called `products` with the following columns:
- **id:** A column of type integer;
- **name:** A string value up to 100 characters;
- **category:** A string representing the category of the product. Can be up to 100 characters;
- **price:** A float value representing the price;
- **stock_quantity:** An integer representing the quantity of the product available in stock.

You can either create and connect to a new database or use an existing one.

This course will give you a solid foundation to begin making applications using .NET in C#. Covering console applications, asynchronous programming, web services, database fundamentals, and ADO.NET CRUD operations, you'll gain practical skills. From creating apps and handling exceptions to optimizing database access, this course ensures a robust understanding of essential .NET development concepts.

In this section we will learn about what is .NET, how to setup the development environment and how to start making some console apps. Apart from that we will also learn how to take input from the user in the console for making interactive applications.

In this section, we will be learning how to perform multiple tasks at once to improve the performance and responsiveness of applications. We will also briefly learn what Web Services and APIs are. This will give us an introduction to how the internet and websites work. We will also learn how to use APIs.

In this section we will learn what are databases, specifically what are SQL databases and how to create them. We will study their structure and will learn to perform some basic operations on the databases. This chapter will serve as an introduction to ADO.NET which is a .NET module used for interacting with databases.

In this section, we'll cover the fundamental CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) using SQL. We'll explore SQL syntax at a basic level and recap how to implement each SQL statement in C# code. While some parts may serve as a review from the previous section, this will provide a solid understanding of essential database concepts, enabling you to understand both the SQL and C# code and write it independently.

In this chapter we will learn about additional functions or methods for making database management more efficient. For-example executing multiple SQL commands at once using Stored Procedures, and retrieving data in bulk from the SQL database using DataSet.

Challenge: Using CREATE