Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class MainClass
Shared Dim WithEvents con As SqlConnection
Shared Sub Main()
con = New SqlConnection("Server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI")
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Employee WHERE FirstName = @fn", con)
cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@fn", SqlDbType.VarChar, 10)).Value = "Joe"
Try
con.Open()
Dim reader As SqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
While reader.Read()
Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1}", reader.GetString(0), reader.GetString(1))
End While
reader.Close()
Finally
con.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class