Database query C# not working

Question

I've read many ODBC tutorials for C# on the net, and this code is the only one that didn't give me error. But the problem is, it doesn't do anything -.- How to fix ??

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data.Odbc;
using System.Data.Sql;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
        string connectionString = "Server=localhost;User       ID=root;Password=****;Database=testing;Port=3306;Pooling=false";
        MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection connection = new MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection(connectionString);

        connection.Open();

        string insertQuery = "ALTER TABLE `user` ADD lol INT (15)";
        MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand(insertQuery);
        connection.Close();
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
}
}

Answer 1

You need to execute the command:

myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

Answer 2

Allow me to tidy; important points:

• using to ensure proper disposal
• setting the command's Connection
• executing the command with ExecuteNonQuery()

Code:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
string connectionString = "Server=localhost;User ID=root;Password=****;Database=testing;Port=3306;Pooling=false";
string insertQuery = "ALTER TABLE `user` ADD lol INT (15)";
using(MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection connection =
    new MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection(connectionString))
using(MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand myCommand =
    new MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand(insertQuery))
{
    myCommand.Connection = connection;
    connection.Open();
    myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
    connection.Close();
}
using(Form1 form1 = new Form1()) {
    Application.Run(form1);
}