L'exemple suivant crée une table my_odbc_net et illustre l'utilisation de C#.

 /**
 * @sample    : mycon.cs
 * @purpose   : Demo sample for ODBC.NET using MyODBC
 * @author    : Venu, <venu@mysql.com>
 *
 * (C) Copyright MySQL AB, 1995-2006
 *
 **/

 /* build command
  * 
  *  csc /t:exe 
  *      /out:mycon.exe mycon.cs 
  *      /r:Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll 
  */ 

 using Console = System.Console;
 using Microsoft.Data.Odbc;

 namespace myodbc3
 {
  class mycon
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      try
      { 
        //Connection string for MyODBC 2.50
        /*string MyConString = "DRIVER={MySQL};" + 
                             "SERVER=localhost;" +
                             "DATABASE=test;" +
                             "UID=venu;" +
                             "PASSWORD=venu;" +
                             "OPTION=3";
        */
        //Connection string for MyODBC 3.51
        string MyConString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" + 
                             "SERVER=localhost;" +
                             "DATABASE=test;" +
                             "UID=venu;" +
                             "PASSWORD=venu;" +
                             "OPTION=3";
                    
        //Connect to MySQL using MyODBC
        OdbcConnection MyConnection = new OdbcConnection(MyConString);    
        MyConnection.Open();
  
        Console.WriteLine("\n !!! success, connected successfully !!!\n");    

        //Display connection information
        Console.WriteLine("Connection Information:");   
        Console.WriteLine("\tConnection String:" + MyConnection.ConnectionString);    
        Console.WriteLine("\tConnection Timeout:" + MyConnection.ConnectionTimeout);    
        Console.WriteLine("\tDatabase:" + MyConnection.Database);   
        Console.WriteLine("\tDataSource:" + MyConnection.DataSource);
        Console.WriteLine("\tDriver:" + MyConnection.Driver);
        Console.WriteLine("\tServerVersion:" + MyConnection.ServerVersion);

        //Create a sample table
        OdbcCommand MyCommand = new OdbcCommand("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS my_odbc_net",MyConnection);
        MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
        MyCommand.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE my_odbc_net(id int, name varchar(20), idb bigint)";
        MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

        //Insert
        MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_odbc_net VALUES(10,'venu', 300)";        
        Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" + MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());;

        //Insert
        MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_odbc_net VALUES(20,'mysql',400)";        
        Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" + MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());

        //Insert
        MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_odbc_net VALUES(20,'mysql',500)";        
        Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" + MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());

        //Update
        MyCommand.CommandText = "UPDATE my_odbc_net SET id=999 WHERE id=20";        
        Console.WriteLine("Update, Total rows affected:" + MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());

        //COUNT(*)        
        MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT COUNT(*) as TRows FROM my_odbc_net";        
        Console.WriteLine("Total Rows:" + MyCommand.ExecuteScalar());

        //Fetch
        MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM my_odbc_net";                
        OdbcDataReader MyDataReader;
        MyDataReader =  MyCommand.ExecuteReader();
        while (MyDataReader.Read())
        {
         if(string.Compare(MyConnection.Driver,"myodbc3.dll") == 0) {
           Console.WriteLine("Data:" + MyDataReader.GetInt32(0) + " " +
                                       MyDataReader.GetString(1) + " " +
                                       MyDataReader.GetInt64(2)); //Supported only by MyODBC 3.51
         }
         else {            
           Console.WriteLine("Data:" + MyDataReader.GetInt32(0) + " " +
                                       MyDataReader.GetString(1) + " " +                                         
                                       MyDataReader.GetInt32(2)); //BIGINTs not supported by MyODBC
         }
        }

        //Close all resources
        MyDataReader.Close();
        MyConnection.Close();
      }
      catch (OdbcException MyOdbcException)//Catch any ODBC exception ..
      {
        for (int i=0; i < MyOdbcException.Errors.Count; i++)
        {
          Console.Write("ERROR #" + i + "\n" +
            "Message: " + MyOdbcException.Errors[i].Message + "\n" +
            "Native: " + MyOdbcException.Errors[i].NativeError.ToString() + "\n" +
            "Source: " + MyOdbcException.Errors[i].Source + "\n" +
            "SQL: " + MyOdbcException.Errors[i].SQLState + "\n");
        }
      }
    }
  }
 }