ExecuteNonQuery doesn't return results

Question

This is my (rough) code (DAL):

int i;
// Some other declarations

SqlCommand myCmdObject = new SqlCommand(\"some query\");

conn.open();
i = myCmdObject.Exec         


        

Answer 1

The ExecuteNonQuery method is used for SQL statements that are not queries, such as INSERT, UPDATE, ... You want to use ExecuteScalar or ExecuteReader if you expect your statement to return results (i.e. a query).