Dapper is a simple object mapper for .NET and owns the title of King of Micro ORM in terms of speed and is virtually as fast as using a raw ADO.NET data reader. An ORM is an Object Relational Mapper, which is responsible for mapping between database and programming language.

Dapper extends the IDbConnection by providing useful extension methods to query your database.

How Dapper Works?

It is a three-step process.

  • Create an IDbConnection object.
  • Write a query to perform CRUD operations.
  • Pass query as a parameter in the Execute method.

Installation

Dapper is installed through NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Dapper

PM> Install-Package Dapper

Requirement

Dapper works with any database provider since there is no DB specific implementation.

Methods

Dapper will extend your IDbConnection interface with multiple methods:

string sqlOrderDetails = "SELECT TOP 5 * FROM OrderDetails;";
string sqlOrderDetail = "SELECT * FROM OrderDetails WHERE OrderDetailID = @OrderDetailID;";
string sqlCustomerInsert = "INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName) Values (@CustomerName);";

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
    var orderDetails = connection.Query<OrderDetail>(sqlOrderDetails).ToList();
    var orderDetail = connection.QueryFirstOrDefault<OrderDetail>(sqlOrderDetail, new {OrderDetailID = 1});
    var affectedRows = connection.Execute(sqlCustomerInsert,  new {CustomerName = "Mark"});

    Console.WriteLine(orderDetails.Count);
    Console.WriteLine(affectedRows);

    FiddleHelper.WriteTable(orderDetails);
    FiddleHelper.WriteTable(new List<OrderDetail>() { orderDetail });
}

Try it: .NET Core | .NET Framework

Parameter

Execute and queries method can use parameters from multiple different ways:

// Anonymous
var affectedRows = connection.Execute(sql,
                    new {Kind = InvoiceKind.WebInvoice, Code = "Single_Insert_1"},
                    commandType: CommandType.StoredProcedure);

// Dynamic
DynamicParameters parameter = new DynamicParameters();

parameter.Add("@Kind", InvoiceKind.WebInvoice, DbType.Int32, ParameterDirection.Input);
parameter.Add("@Code", "Many_Insert_0", DbType.String, ParameterDirection.Input);
parameter.Add("@RowCount", dbType: DbType.Int32, direction: ParameterDirection.ReturnValue);

connection.Execute(sql,
    parameter,
    commandType: CommandType.StoredProcedure);

int rowCount = parameter.Get<int>("@RowCount");

// List
connection.Query<Invoice>(sql, new {Kind = new[] {InvoiceKind.StoreInvoice, InvoiceKind.WebInvoice}}).ToList();
// String
connection.Query<Invoice>(sql, new {Code = new DbString {Value = "Invoice_1", IsFixedLength = false, Length = 9, IsAnsi = true}}).ToList();

Result

The result returned by queries method can be mapped to multiple types:

string sqlOrderDetails = "SELECT TOP 10 * FROM OrderDetails;";

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(FiddleHelper.GetConnectionStringSqlServerW3Schools()))
{
    var anonymousList = connection.Query(sqlOrderDetails).ToList();
    var orderDetails = connection.Query<OrderDetail>(sqlOrderDetails).ToList();

    Console.WriteLine(anonymousList.Count);
    Console.WriteLine(orderDetails.Count);

    FiddleHelper.WriteTable(orderDetails);

    FiddleHelper.WriteTable(connection.Query(sqlOrderDetails).FirstOrDefault());
}

Try it: .NET Core | .NET Framework

Utilities

// Async
connection.QueryAsync<Invoice>(sql)

// Buffered
connection.Query<Invoice>(sql, buffered: false)

// Transaction
using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
{
    var affectedRows = connection.Execute(sql,
    new {Kind = InvoiceKind.WebInvoice, Code = "Single_Insert_1"},
    commandType: CommandType.StoredProcedure,
    transaction: transaction);

    transaction.Commit();
}

// Stored Procedure
var affectedRows = connection.Execute(sql,
new {Kind = InvoiceKind.WebInvoice, Code = "Single_Insert_1"},
commandType: CommandType.StoredProcedure);

DapperHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SQLite;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Dapper;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;

namespace ORMSuit.DAO {
    public class DapperHelper<T> {
        enum DBType {
            MSSQL,
            MySQL,
            SQLite
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 数据库连接字符串
        /// </summary>
        private static string connectionString = "";

        /// <summary>
        /// MSSQL=0, MySQL=1, SQLite=2
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dbType"></param>
        public static int dbType = 0;

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取数据库连接
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static IDbConnection GetConnection () {
            switch ((DBType) dbType) {
                case DBType.MSSQL:
                    return new SqlConnection (connectionString);
                case DBType.MySQL:
                    connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["mysqlconn"].ConnectionString;
                    return new MySqlConnection (connectionString);
                case DBType.SQLite:
                    connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["sqliteconn"].ConnectionString;
                    return new SQLiteConnection (connectionString);
                default:
                    return new SqlConnection (connectionString);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 查询列表
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static List<T> Query (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.Query<T> (sql, param).ToList ();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 查询第一个数据
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T QueryFirst (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                List<T> tempList = con.Query<T> (sql, param).ToList ();
                if (tempList != null && tempList.Count > 0) {
                    return tempList[0];
                } else {
                    return default;
                }
                //return con.QueryFirst<T>(sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 查询第一个数据没有返回默认值
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T QueryFirstOrDefault (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.QueryFirstOrDefault<T> (sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 查询单条数据
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T QuerySingle (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.QuerySingle<T> (sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 数据是否存在
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql">select count(*) from table where id=@id</param>
        /// <param name="param">new { id = 1 }</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static bool Exists (string sql, object param = null) {
            object obj = ExecuteScalar (sql, param);
            int count = 0;
            if (obj == null) {
                count = 0;
            } else {
                count = Convert.ToInt32 (obj);
            }
            if (count > 0) {
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 数据行数
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql">select count(*) from table where id=@id</param>
        /// <param name="param">new { id = 1 }</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static int RecordCount (string sql, object param = null) {
            object obj = ExecuteScalar (sql, param);
            int count = 0;
            if (obj == null) {
                count = 0;
            } else {
                count = Convert.ToInt32 (obj);
            }
            return count;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 查询单条数据没有返回默认值
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T QuerySingleOrDefault (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.QuerySingleOrDefault<T> (sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 增删改
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static int Execute (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.Execute (sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reader获取数据
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static IDataReader ExecuteReader (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.ExecuteReader (sql, param);
            }
        }

        #region 
        /// <summary>
        /// 获取DataTabel
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DataTable ExecuteDataTabel (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return DataReaderToDataTable (con.ExecuteReader (sql, param));
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取DataSet
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DataSet ExecuteDataSet (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return DataReaderToDataSet (con.ExecuteReader (sql, param));
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// DataReader转DataTable
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dataReader"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static DataTable DataReaderToDataTable (IDataReader dataReader) {
            DataTable datatable = new DataTable ();
            for (int i = 0; i < dataReader.FieldCount; i++) {
                DataColumn myDataColumn = new DataColumn ();
                myDataColumn.DataType = dataReader.GetFieldType (i);
                myDataColumn.ColumnName = dataReader.GetName (i);
                datatable.Columns.Add (myDataColumn);
            }
            while (dataReader.Read ()) {
                DataRow myDataRow = datatable.NewRow ();
                for (int i = 0; i < dataReader.FieldCount; i++) {
                    myDataRow[i] = dataReader[i].ToString ();
                }
                datatable.Rows.Add (myDataRow);
                myDataRow = null;
            }
            dataReader.Close ();
            return datatable;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// DataReader转DataSet
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="reader"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DataSet DataReaderToDataSet (IDataReader dataReader) {
            DataSet dataSet = new DataSet ();
            do {
                DataTable schemaTable = dataReader.GetSchemaTable ();
                DataTable dataTable = new DataTable ();
                if (schemaTable != null) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < schemaTable.Rows.Count; i++) {
                        DataRow dataRow = schemaTable.Rows[i];
                        string columnName = (string) dataRow["ColumnName"];
                        DataColumn column = new DataColumn (columnName, (Type) dataRow["DataType"]);
                        dataTable.Columns.Add (column);
                    }
                    dataSet.Tables.Add (dataTable);
                    while (dataReader.Read ()) {
                        DataRow dataRow = dataTable.NewRow ();
                        for (int i = 0; i < dataReader.FieldCount; i++) {
                            dataRow[i] = dataReader.GetValue (i);
                        }
                        dataTable.Rows.Add (dataRow);
                    }
                } else {
                    DataColumn column = new DataColumn ("RowsAffected");
                    dataTable.Columns.Add (column);
                    dataSet.Tables.Add (dataTable);
                    DataRow dataRow = dataTable.NewRow ();
                    dataRow[0] = dataReader.RecordsAffected;
                    dataTable.Rows.Add (dataRow);
                }
            }
            while (dataReader.NextResult ());
            return dataSet;
        }

        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Scalar获取数据
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object ExecuteScalar (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.ExecuteScalar (sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Scalar获取数据
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T ExecuteScalarForT (string sql, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                return con.ExecuteScalar<T> (sql, param);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 带参数的存储过程
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql"></param>
        /// <param name="param"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static List<T> ExecutePro (string proc, object param = null) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                List<T> list = con.Query<T> (proc,
                    param,
                    null,
                    true,
                    null,
                    CommandType.StoredProcedure).ToList ();
                return list;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 多条SQL批量执行
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Key">多条SQL</param>
        /// <param name="Value">SQL对应实体</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static int ExecuteTransaction (Dictionary<string, object> dic) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                using (var transaction = con.BeginTransaction ()) {
                    try {
                        int result = 0;
                        foreach (var sql in dic) {
                            result += con.Execute (sql.Key, sql.Value, transaction);
                        }

                        transaction.Commit ();
                        return result;
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        transaction.Rollback ();
                        return 0;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 批量增删改 带事务
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql">单SQL</param>
        /// <param name="object">实体列表</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static int ExecuteTransaction (string sql, object obj) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                con.Open ();
                using (IDbTransaction transaction = con.BeginTransaction ()) {
                    try {
                        int result = 0;
                        result = con.Execute (sql, obj, transaction);
                        transaction.Commit ();
                        con.Close ();
                        return result;
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        transaction.Rollback ();
                        con.Close ();
                        return 0;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 异步批量增删改 带事务 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sql">单SQL</param>
        /// <param name="object">实体列表</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static Task<int> ExecuteTransactionAsync (string sql, object obj) {
            using (IDbConnection con = GetConnection ()) {
                con.Open ();
                using (IDbTransaction transaction = con.BeginTransaction ()) {
                    try {
                        Task<int> result;
                        result = con.ExecuteAsync (sql, obj, transaction);
                        transaction.Commit ();
                        con.Close ();
                        return result;
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        transaction.Rollback ();
                        con.Close ();
                        return null;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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