using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data.SqlClient; namespace WindowsApplication1 { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string connetionString = null; SqlConnection cnn ; SqlCommand cmd ; string sql = null; connetionString = "Data Source=ServerName;Initial Catalog=DatabaseName;User ID=UserName;Password=Password"; sql = "Your SQL Statement Here like Select Count(*) from product"; cnn = new SqlConnection(connetionString); try { cnn.Open(); cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, cnn); Int32 count = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar()); cmd.Dispose(); cnn.Close(); MessageBox.Show (" No. of Rows " + count); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show("Can not open connection ! "); } } } }