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Obtain the DbProviderFactory for SQL Server
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Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.Common
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim factory As DbProviderFactory = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory("System.Data.SqlClient")
Using con As IDbConnection = factory.CreateConnection
con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Database=AdventureWorks;Integrated Security=SSPI;"
Using com As IDbCommand = con.CreateCommand
com.CommandType = CommandType.Text
com.CommandText = "SET ROWCOUNT 10;SELECT prod.Name, inv.Quantity FROM Production.Product prod INNER JOIN Production.ProductInventory inv ON prod.ProductID = inv.ProductID ORDER BY inv.Quantity DESC;"
con.Open()
Using reader As IDataReader = com.ExecuteReader
While reader.Read
Console.WriteLine(" {0} = {1}", reader("Name"), reader("Quantity"))
End While
End Using
con.Close()
End Using
End Using
End Sub
End Class
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