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#include "stdafx.h"
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Data;
using namespace System::Data::SqlClient;
using namespace System::Configuration;
void main()
{
SqlConnection ^connection = gcnew SqlConnection();
connection->ConnectionString = "SQLConnection";
try{
SqlCommand ^cmd = gcnew SqlCommand();
cmd->Connection = connection;
connection->Open();
cmd->CommandType = CommandType::Text;
cmd->CommandText = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Authors";
Object ^NumAuthors = cmd->ExecuteScalar();
Console::WriteLine("The number of Authors are {0}", NumAuthors);
cmd->CommandType = CommandType::Text;
cmd->CommandText = "SELECT SUM(AuthorID) FROM Authors";
Object ^UselessNum = cmd->ExecuteScalar();
Console::WriteLine("The Sum of AuthorIDs for fun is {0}", UselessNum);
}
catch (SqlException ^e)
{
Console::WriteLine("No connection the following error occurred: {0}",
e->Message);
}
finally
{
connection->Close();
}
}
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