static void Main(string[] args) { string[] users = GetMySqlResults("SELECT users FROM myTable"); } static string[] GetMySqlResults(string query) { string[] results = new string[]{}; try { using(MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection("server=localhost;user=username;password=12345;database=mydb")) { con.Open(); using(MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, con)) { using(MySqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()) { results = new string[reader.FieldCount]; for(int i = 0; i < results.Length; i++) { results[i] = reader[i].ToString(); } } } } } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } return results; }