Command.ExecuteNonQuery() return always -1

Question

I have a problem when I executed Select command in C# using ExecuteNonQuery() method; It always return -1; This means that no record returned by the selected statement, doesn\'t

Answer 1

ExecuteNonQuery() is used when you are performing nonquery operations like insert, update or delete, it can't be used for query operation like select. In order to fetch records from DB, use SqlDataReader or SqlDataAdapter but SqlDataReader gives better performance. Have a look at this link describing SqlDataReader.