Comments on: C#.NET: Getting query results with SqlDataAdapter

By: Using SqlCommand to populate Label text | Kaeli's Space

Using SqlCommand to populate Label text | Kaeli's Space — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:03:16 +0000

[...] SqlDataSource doesn’t work for what you want to do. It’s a great control, but as I’ve mentioned before, it can interfere with your plans because of the page lifecycle. You should also know how to run [...]

By: kaeli

kaeli — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:19:34 +0000

You caught me being lazy with my examples again, didn’t you Jesse? Good catch.

By: Jesse Slicer

Jesse Slicer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:03:52 +0000

Do note that SqlCommand inherits from DbCommand, which implements the IDisposable interface, which means that the command should be disposed when it is done:

DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet();

using (SqlConnection sqlconnection = new SqlConnection(Properties.Settings.Default.Northwind))
{
using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(”select * from products”, sqlconnection))
{
SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(command);
adapter.Fill(myDataSet);
}
}