SqlCommand.CommandText
using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; class ExecuteScalar { public static void Main() { SqlConnection mySqlConnection =new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI;"); SqlCommand mySqlCommand = mySqlConnection.CreateCommand(); mySqlCommand.CommandText ="SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employee"; mySqlConnection.Open(); int returnValue = (int) mySqlCommand.ExecuteScalar(); Console.WriteLine("mySqlCommand.ExecuteScalar() = " + returnValue); mySqlConnection.Close(); } }