In this article I will explain how to insert (save) Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil and Telugu languages Text characters in MySql database using ASP.Net, C# and VB.Net.
In MySql database we will need to set UTF-8 Collation for the Table to store the various languages text characters.
 
 

Using MySQL with ASP.Net

This portion is extensively covered in my article Use and connect to MySQL Database in ASP.Net Application using MySQLConnector.
 
 

Database

For this article I have created a simple table with the following structure. Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil and Telugu languages Text characters will be saved in the Content column which has a data type VARCHAR.
Insert Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil and Telugu languages Text characters in MySql database using ASP.Net, C# and VB.Net
 
Note: You can download the database table SQL by clicking the download link below.
            Download SQL file
 
 

HTML Markup

The HTML Markup consists of:
GridView – For displaying data.
The GridView consists of two BoundField columns.
<asp:GridView ID="gvCustomers" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
    <Columns>
        <asp:BoundField DataField="Language" HeaderText="Language" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="Content" HeaderText="Content" />
    </Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<br />
<asp:Button Text="Save" runat="server" OnClick="Save" />
 
 

Namespaces

You will need to import the following namespaces.
C#
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
 
VB.Net
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
 
 

Binding the GridView

Inside the Page_Load event handler, an object of DataTable is created.
Then, three columns are added to the DataTable Columns collection using the AddRange method.
The DataColumn is specified which is hold the Language and Content.
Once the schema is ready i.e. all the columns are defined, some rows have been added using the Rows.Add method.
Finally, DataTable is assigned to the DataSource property of the GridView and the GridView is populated.
Note: For details on how to Create DataTable dynamically and bind to GridView in ASP.Net, please refer my article Create DataTable dynamically and bind to GridView in ASP.Net.
 
C#
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[2] {
                        new DataColumn("Language"),
                        new DataColumn("Content") });
    dt.Rows.Add("English", "World is beautiful.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Hindi", "दुनिया सुंदर है।");
    dt.Rows.Add("Marathi", "जग सुंदर आहे.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Gujarati", "વિશ્વ સુંદર છે.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Urdu", "دنیا خوبصورت ہے.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Persian", "جهانی زیبا است.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Arabic", "العالم هو جميل.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Tamil", "உலக அழகாக இருக்கிறது.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Telugu", "ప్రపంచ అందమైన ఉంది.");
    gvCustomers.DataSource = dt;
    gvCustomers.DataBind();
}
 
VB.Net
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[2] {
                        new DataColumn("Language"),
                        new DataColumn("Content") });
    dt.Rows.Add("English", "World is beautiful.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Hindi", "दुनिया सुंदर है।");
    dt.Rows.Add("Marathi", "जग सुंदर आहे.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Gujarati", "વિશ્વ સુંદર છે.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Urdu", "دنیا خوبصورت ہے.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Persian", "جهانی زیبا است.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Arabic", "العالم هو جميل.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Tamil", "உலக அழகாக இருக்கிறது.");
    dt.Rows.Add("Telugu", "ప్రపంచ అందమైన ఉంది.");
    gvCustomers.DataSource = dt;
    gvCustomers.DataBind();
}
 
Insert Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil and Telugu languages Text characters in MySql database using ASP.Net, C# and VB.Net
 
 

Insert (save) Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil and Telugu languages Text characters in MySql Database

When the Save button is clicked the following event handler is executed inside which a loop is executed over the GridView Rows and one by one each Language content is inserted into the MySql database table.
C#
protected void Save(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
    using (MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(constr))
    {
        foreach (GridViewRow row in gvCustomers.Rows)
        {
            using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO Languages VALUES(@Language, @Content)", con))
            {
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Language", row.Cells[0].Text);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Content", row.Cells[1].Text);
                con.Open();
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
                con.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}
 
VB.Net
Protected Sub Save(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString
    Using con As New MySqlConnection(constr)
        For Each row As GridViewRow In gvCustomers.Rows
            Using cmd As New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO Languages VALUES(@Language, @Content)", con)
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Language", row.Cells(0).Text)
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Content", row.Cells(1).Text)
                con.Open()
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
                con.Close()
            End Using
        Next
    End Using
End Sub
 
 

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Insert Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil and Telugu languages Text characters in MySql database using ASP.Net, C# and VB.Net
 
 

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