How to count the number of rows from sql table in c#?

Question

How to count the number of rows from sql table in c#? I need to extract some data from my database...

Answer 1

You may try like this:

select count(*) from tablename where columname = 'values'

C# code will be something like this:-

public int A()
{
   string stmt = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.tablename";
   int count = 0;

   using(SqlConnection thisConnection = new SqlConnection("Data Source=DATASOURCE"))
   {
       using(SqlCommand cmdCount = new SqlCommand(stmt, thisConnection))
       {
           thisConnection.Open();
           count = (int)cmdCount.ExecuteScalar();
       }
   }
   return count;
}