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Hi<br />
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I just purchased a business license for Xamarin so that I can upload data from an Android tablet to a cloud SQL Server 2008 database.<br />
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I have spent three very frustrating days trying to use walkthroughs and examples such as the following<br />
to learn how to do this <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552362(v=vs.110).aspx" rel="ugc">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552362(v=vs.110).aspx</a><br />
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Is there an easier way to do this than a complicated WCF service? The image shows the different projects available.<br />
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I am a VB.net coder andam happy to go with C#. Can Xamarin communicate directly with my SQL Server tables in the cloud?<br />
Are there template projects out there that make WCF services easier?<br />
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Hi

I just purchased a business license for Xamarin so that I can upload data from an Android tablet to a cloud SQL Server 2008 database.

I have spent three very frustrating days trying to use walkthroughs and examples such as the following
to learn how to do this https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552362(v=vs.110).aspx

Is there an easier way to do this than a complicated WCF service? The image shows the different projects available.

I am a VB.net coder andam happy to go with C#. Can Xamarin communicate directly with my SQL Server tables in the cloud?
Are there template projects out there that make WCF services easier?

Easiest way to upload data from Android to cloud SQL 2008 database using Xamarin in Visual Studio

The .NET Framework is not specific to any one programming language; rather, it includes a library of functions that allows developers to rapidly build applications. Several supported languages include C#, VB.NET, C++ or ASP.NET.