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}
}
Console.ReadLine();
// Change the command
sqlMyCommand.CommandText = strCommand2;
sqlMyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
Console.WriteLine(“It’s gone”);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(“Press any key to continue...”);
Console.ReadKey();
}
finally
{
// Clean up
if (cnMyConn != null)
{
cnMyConn.Close();
}
}
Connecting in VB.NET
VB.NET continues replacing the venerable Visual Basic. While I’m increasingly favoring C# for my own
efforts, VB remains the code of choice for many.
Returning a Data Set
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Module Program
Sub Main()
Appendix B: Very Simple Connectivity Examples
‘Create some base strings so you can look at these
‘separately from the commands they run in
‘ Integrated Security - next 2 lines should be uncommented to use
‘ Windows authentication
Dim strConnect As String = _
“Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=SSPI”
‘ SQL Security - next 2 lines should be uncommented to use
‘ SQL Server authentication
‘Dim strConnect As String = _
‘ “Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=master;User Id=sa;Password=MyPass”
Dim strCommand As String = _
“SELECT Name, database_id as ID FROM sys.databases”
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