The Google Data Provider for ADO.NET offers the most natural way to access Google data from any .NET application. Simply use Google Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Google Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

Using the Google Data Provider

The Google Data Provider wraps the complexity of accessing Google services in an easy-to-integrate, fully-managed ADO.NET Data Provider. Applications then access Google through the Google Data Provider with simple Transact-SQL.

 

The Google Data Provider for ADO.NET hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The Google Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB including: GoogleConnection, GoogleCommand, GoogleDataAdapter, GoogleDataReader, GoogleDataSource, GoogleParameter, and GoogleTransaction. Because of this you can now access Google data in an easy, familiar way.

For example:

using (GoogleConnection conn = new GoogleConnection("...")) {
	string select = "SELECT * FROM Googlecalendar";
	GoogleCommand cmd = new GoogleCommand(select, conn);
	GoogleDataAdapter adapter = new GoogleDataAdapter(cmd);
	using (adapter) {
		DataTable table = new DataTable();
		adapter.Fill(table);		
		...
	}
}

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support

Google Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Google Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.

using (GoogleConnection connection = new GoogleConnection(connectionString)) {
	GoogleDataAdapter dataAdapter = new GoogleDataAdapter(
	"SELECT Id, Where FROM calendar", connection);
  
	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand = new GoogleCommand(
		"UPDATE calendar SET Where = @Where " +
		"WHERE Id = @ID", connection);

	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Where", "Where");
	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", "80000173-1387137645");

	DataTable calendarTable = new DataTable();
	dataAdapter.Fill(calendarTable);

	DataRow firstrow = calendarTable.Rows[0];
	firstrow["Where"] = "New Location";

	dataAdapter.Update(calendarTable);
}