.Net example (how to connect to Redshift)

Example.cs

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Odbc;

namespace your_namespace
{
    class ConnectSample
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();

            string server = "your_server.redshift.amazonaws.com";
            string port = "your_port";

            string userName = "user name";
            string userPassword = "user password";

            // Database name
            string DBName = "your_database_name";

            try
            {
                string connString = "Driver={Amazon Redshift (x64)};" +
                    String.Format("Server={0};Database={1};" +
                    "UID={2};PWD={3};Port={4};SSL=true;Sslmode=Require",
                    server, DBName, userName,
                    userPassword, port);                

                OdbcConnection conn = new OdbcConnection(connString);
                conn.Open();

                // try a query

                conn.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }

        }
    }
}