Returning a single row

Question

I\'m trying to return a single row from a database:

using (connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[\"connection\"]))
{
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Answer 1

To me it seems, you don't want a single row, only a single value:

SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection("Your Connection String");
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
Object returnValue;

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT TOP 1 col_name FROM Customers";
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
cmd.Connection = sqlConnection1;

sqlConnection.Open();

returnValue = cmd.ExecuteScalar();

sqlConnection.Close();

return returnValue.ToString(); //Note you have to cast it to your desired data type