using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; class MainClass { static void Main() { SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI;"); string sqlqry = @"select count(*) from employee "; string sqlins = @"insert into employee (firstname,lastname)values('Z', 'Z')"; string sqldel = @"delete from employee where firstname = 'Z' and lastname = 'Z'"; SqlCommand cmdqry = new SqlCommand(sqlqry, conn); SqlCommand cmdnon = new SqlCommand(sqlins, conn); try { conn.Open(); Console.WriteLine("Before INSERT: Number of employee {0}\n", cmdqry.ExecuteScalar()); Console.WriteLine("Executing statement {0}", cmdnon.CommandText); cmdnon.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine("After INSERT: Number of employee {0}\n", cmdqry.ExecuteScalar()); cmdnon.CommandText = sqldel; Console.WriteLine("Executing statement {0}", cmdnon.CommandText); cmdnon.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine("After DELETE: Number of employee {0}\n", cmdqry.ExecuteScalar()); } catch (SqlException ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString()); } finally { conn.Close(); Console.WriteLine("Connection Closed."); } } }