# Getting started with Testcontainers for .NET — Implement the business logic

> Create a Customer record type Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```csharp namespace Customers; public readonly record struct Customer(long Id, string Name); ``` Create a DbConnectionProvider class to manage database connections Bounded code example (external data; d

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Create a Customer record type

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
namespace Customers;

public readonly record struct Customer(long Id, string Name);
```

Create a DbConnectionProvider class to manage database connections

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
using System.Data.Common;
using Npgsql;

namespace Customers;

public sealed class DbConnectionProvider
{
    private readonly string _connectionString;

    public DbConnectionProvider(string connectionString)
    {
        _connectionString = connectionString;
    }

    public DbConnection GetConnection()
    {
        return new NpgsqlConnection(_connectionString);
    }
}
```

Create the CustomerService class

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
namespace Customers;

public sealed class CustomerService
{
    private readonly DbConnectionProvider _dbConnectionProvider;

    public CustomerService(DbConnectionProvider dbConnectionProvider)
    {
        _dbConnectionProvider = dbConnectionProvider;
        CreateCustomersTable();
    }

    public IEnumerable&lt;Customer&gt; GetCustomers()
    {
        IList&lt;Customer&gt; customers = new List&lt;Customer&gt;();

        using var connection = _dbConnectionProvider.GetConnection();
        using var command = connection.CreateCommand();
        command.CommandText = "SELECT id, name FROM customers";
        command.Connection?.Open();

        using var dataReader = command.ExecuteReader();
        while (dataReader.Read())
        {
            var id = dataReader.GetInt64(0);
            var name = dataReader.GetString(1);
            customers.Add(new Customer(id, name));
        }

        re
```

Here's what CustomerService does

The constructor calls CreateCustomersTable() to ensure the table exists. GetCustomers() fetches all rows from the customers table and returns them as Customer objects. Create() inserts a customer record into the database.

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