Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
public class MainClass
Shared Sub Main()
Dim thisConnection As New SqlConnection("server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;" & _
"integrated security=sspi;database=MyDatabase")
'Sql Query 1
Dim sql As String ="SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Employee; "
'Create Command object
Dim thisCommand As New SqlCommand _
(sql, thisConnection)
Try
' Open Connection
thisConnection.Open()
Console.WriteLine("Connection Opened")
' Execute Query
Dim thisReader As SqlDataReader = thisCommand.ExecuteReader()
' Get info about each column
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' has index {1} and type {2}", _
thisReader.GetName(0), _
thisReader.GetOrdinal("FirstName"), _
thisReader.GetFieldType(0))
'Close DataReader
thisReader.Close()
Catch ex As SqlException
' Display error
Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.ToString())
Finally
' Close Connection
thisConnection.Close()
Console.WriteLine("Connection Closed")
End Try
End Sub
End Class