What is SQL to C# Plus?

SQL to C# Plus is a powerful Visual Studio extension that automates the generation of C# code from your SQL database schema. It creates strongly-typed classes, interfaces, and service layers directly from your tables, views, and stored procedures, significantly reducing development time and eliminating manual coding errors.

Key Features

  • Visual Studio Integration: Deep integration with Visual Studio, including solution and project event handling, making it seamless for developers to use within their IDE.
  • Automated Code Generation: Automatically generates C# classes and methods from SQL tables, views, and stored procedures, reducing manual coding and errors.
  • Automatic Interface and Service Generation: Generates not only the API class but also related interfaces and service classes, following best practices for layered architecture.
  • Flexible Data Source Selection: Supports switching between tables, views, and stored procedures for property and method generation.
  • External Model Support: Allows referencing external DLLs for property models, enabling code reuse and modularity.
  • UI-Driven Workflow: Provides a WPF-based user interface for selecting projects, databases, tables, and customizing code generation options.
  • Attribute and Validation Support: Optionally adds data annotation attributes like [Required] and [StringLength] to generated properties for validation.
  • NuGet Package Management: Detects and installs required NuGet packages (e.g., DatabaseLibraryMDS) automatically if missing.
  • Customizable Settings: Remembers user preferences and settings, and supports custom logging and external property references.
  • Customizable Naming and Structure: Lets you define API names, class names, and folder locations for generated files.
  • Error Handling and Logging: Optionally includes argument null checks, custom logging, and suppresses info logging based on your settings.
  • UI-Driven Configuration: All options are set through a Visual Studio-integrated UI, reducing manual coding and configuration errors.

Use Cases

  • Rapid Development: Generate data access layers in seconds instead of hours
  • Database-First Approach: Perfect for existing database schemas
  • Microservices: Quickly scaffold API layers for each service
  • Code Consistency: Ensure consistent patterns across your codebase
  • Maintenance: Easily regenerate code when database schema changes
SQL to C# Plus Overview

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