Execute Scalar : IDbCommand : ADO.Net C# Examples

    
using  System;
using  System.Data;
using  System.Data.SqlClient;

class  MainClass
{
        public  static  void  Main()
        {
                using  (SqlConnection  con  =  new  SqlConnection())
                {
                        con.ConnectionString  =  "server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated  Security=SSPI;";
                        con.Open();

                        //  Create  and  configure  a  new  command.
                        IDbCommand  com  =  con.CreateCommand();
                        com.CommandType  =  CommandType.Text;
                        com.CommandText  =  "SELECT  COUNT(*)  FROM  Employee";
        
                        //  Execute  the  command  and  cast  the  result.
                        int  result  =  (int)com.ExecuteScalar();
        
                        Console.WriteLine("Employee  count  =  "  +  result);
                }
        }
}