Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class MainClass
Shared Dim WithEvents con As SqlConnection
Shared Sub Main()
con = New SqlConnection("Server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI")
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand()
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT TOP 5 FirstName, LastName FROM Employee"
cmd.Connection = con
Try
con.Open()
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
While reader.Read()
Console.WriteLine( _
"{0} - {1}", reader.GetString(0), reader.GetString(1))
End While
reader.Close()
Finally
con.Close()
End Try
End Sub
Shared Sub con_StateChange(ByVal Sender As Object, _
ByVal E As StateChangeEventArgs) Handles con.StateChange
Console.WriteLine( _
"{0} - {1}", "ConnectionState", E.CurrentState.ToString())
End Sub
End Class