Can an object be declared above a using statement instead of in the brackets

Question

Most of the examples of the using statement in C# declare the object inside the brackets like this:

using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(\"SELECT * FROM Cu         


        

Answer 1

The idea behind using is to define a scope, outside of which an object or objects will be disposed.

If you declare the object you are about to use inside using in advance, there's no point to use the using statement at all.