sql select statement

Hi gurus

I posted this question on .net forum ealizing it was the wrong forum too late, my apol.to the .net forum.

here is my question.

I have a select statement (select * from table) how can I check if the select statement ruturn a row,rows or nothing.

Thanks gurus

Please show us the code you are using to actually execute that select statement.

thanks for the help

I have so far the following

Code:

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stringcommand1=select * from table where field = variable


osqlcommand = New SqlCommand
osqlcommand.CommandText = stringcommand1
osqlcommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
osqlcommand.Connection = osqlconn
osqlcommand.ExecuteNonQuery()

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I need to check if my select statement return any rows as sometimes there is no value to be returned from my table


Thanks again

Using a ExecuteNonQuery command is normally used to update data, delete data or preform some other Data Definition Language on the database. To return data you normally use a Datareader or a Dataset. If you use a datareader you can use the .HasRows() property to see if any rows are returned from the database.

Thanks a bunch G.