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C# Sql Command Delete Statement Source Code Example

Description: Illustrates using C# Sql Command Delete statement and checking the result.

Example Class Main:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
 
public class clsSqlCommandDelete
{
    public void Main()
    {
        SqlConnection thisConnection = new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;" + "integrated security=sspi;database=Northwind");
        //First insert some records
        //Create Command object
        SqlCommand nonqueryCommand = thisConnection.CreateCommand();
 
        try
        {
            // Open Connection
            thisConnection.Open();
            Console.WriteLine("Connection Opened");
 
            // Create INSERT statement with named parameters
            nonqueryCommand.CommandText = "INSERT  INTO Employees (FirstName, LastName) VALUES (@FirstName, @LastName)";
 
            // Add Parameters to Command Parameters collection
            nonqueryCommand.Parameters.Add("@FirstName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 10);
            nonqueryCommand.Parameters.Add("@LastName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 20);
 
            // Prepare command for repeated execution
            nonqueryCommand.Prepare();
 
            // Data to be inserted
            string[] names = { "Wade", "David", "Charlie" };
            for (int i = 0; i < = 2; i++)
            {
                nonqueryCommand.Parameters["@FirstName"].Value = names[i];
                nonqueryCommand.Parameters["@LastName"].Value = names[i];
 
                Console.WriteLine("Executing {0}", nonqueryCommand.CommandText);
                Console.WriteLine("Number of rows affected : {0}", nonqueryCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());
            }
        }
        catch (SqlException ex)
        {
            // Display error
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ToString());
        }
        finally
        {
            // Close Connection
            thisConnection.Close();
            Console.WriteLine("Connection Closed");
 
        }
 
 
 
        try
        {
            // Open Connection
            thisConnection.Open();
            Console.WriteLine("Connection Opened");
 
 
 
            //Create Command objects
            SqlCommand scalarCommand = new SqlCommand("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employees", thisConnection);
 
            // Execute Scalar Query
            Console.WriteLine("Before Delete, Number of Employees = {0}", scalarCommand.ExecuteScalar());
 
 
            // Set up and execute DELETE Command
            nonqueryCommand.CommandText = "DELETE FROM Employees WHERE " + "Firstname='Wade' AND Lastname='Wade' or " + "Firstname='Charlie' AND Lastname='Charlie' or " + "Firstname='David' AND Lastname='David' ";
            Console.WriteLine("Executing {0}", nonqueryCommand.CommandText);
            Console.WriteLine("Number of rows affected : {0}", nonqueryCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());
 
            // Execute Scalar Query
            Console.WriteLine("After Delete, Number of Employee = {0}", scalarCommand.ExecuteScalar());
        }
 
        catch (SqlException ex)
        {
            // Display error
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ToString());
        }
        finally
        {
            // Close Connection
            thisConnection.Close();
            Console.WriteLine("Connection Closed");
 
        }
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

Example Class Program:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
 
namespace CSharp_Syntax
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //DatabaseADONET
 
 
            clsSqlCommandDelete mySqlCommandDelete = new clsSqlCommandDelete();
            mySqlCommandDelete.Main();
 
        }
    }
}