using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
class CommandExampleScalar
{
static void Main()
{
SqlConnection thisConnection = new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI");
SqlCommand thisCommand = new SqlCommand("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employee", thisConnection);
try {
thisConnection.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Number of Employees is: {0}",
thisCommand.ExecuteScalar());
}
catch (SqlException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
finally
{
thisConnection.Close();
Console.WriteLine("Connection Closed.");
}
}
}