title: AWS LAMBDA Connect to RDS SQL database using SqlConnection
body: <p>How can I connect to a RDS SQL server database on a ASW Lambda function? </p>
  
  <p>This code below work fine on regular C# console app project but giving me error on AWS Lambda project once I deployed it to AWS and tried to invoke it: </p>
  
  <pre><code>public static string CS = "Data Source=host-name, 1433; Initial Catalog=database-name; User ID=username; Password='password';";
  
      public static List&lt;string&gt; Get_Rule_Group()
      {
          using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(CS))
          {
              string query = "SELECT abc from table where abc = xyz";
              SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, con);
              con.Open();
              SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
              List&lt;string&gt; Rule_Group = new List&lt;string&gt;();
              while (reader.Read())
              {
                  Rule_Group.Add(reader["abc"].ToString());
              }
              return Rule_Group;
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2017-10-06 19:10:27: START RequestId: f33cf098-9360-11e7-96fb-7594ff8505a7 Version: $LATEST
  2017-10-06 19:10:43: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 35 - An internal exception was caught)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnectionString userConnectionOptions, SessionData reconnectSessionData, Boolean applyTransientFaultHandling)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject, DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCreateRequest(DbConnection owningObject, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, UInt32 waitForMultipleObjectsTimeout, Boolean allowCreate, Boolean onlyOneCheckConnection, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal&amp; connection)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal&amp; connection)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection, DbConnectionInternal&amp; connection)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionInternal.TryOpenConnectionInternal(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpen(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry)
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at AWSLambdaErrorReport.DAL.Get_Rule_Group()
  2017-10-06 19:10:44:    at AWSLambdaErrorReport.Function.&lt;FunctionHandler&gt;d__6.MoveNext()
  2017-10-06 19:10:44: FAILED to proceed
  2017-10-06 19:10:44: END RequestId: f33cf098-9360-11e7-96fb-7594ff8505a7
  2017-10-06 19:10:44: REPORT RequestId: f33cf098-9360-11e7-96fb-7594ff8505a7 Duration: 17209.25 ms   Billed Duration: 17300 ms   Memory Size: 256 MB Max Memory Used: 40 MB
  </code></pre>