title: Connect to SQL Server via connection string on OS X
body: <p>I've been coding in objective-c in Xcode for just over 2 days now. So please forgive me if I'm being stupid at all. I am from a C# / .NET background and am looking to extend my current solution from Windows platforms to Mac. I've searched far and wide for an answer to this requirement, and all I came up with is 'create a consumable web-service'. However, I don't want to do this.</p>
  
  <p>So far, my application can parse JSON and send in via command line. One of the objects in the JSON is the SQL connection string. Now I need to be able to:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Create an open connection to a simple SQL Azure database, based on the NSString containing my SQL connection string</li>
  <li>Execute a query, with parameters</li>
  <li>Close and dispose of the SQL connection</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Any and all help is appreciated</p>