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Title: DBHelper Language: C#
Description: A simple DBHelper class that assists w/ managing Database connections and passing sqlqueries. Views: 172
Author: Nathan Blevins Date Added: 1/9/2008
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1	class DBHelper
2	{
3		public class DBHelper
4		{
5			//TODO:  Set this to read from the web.config when it is posted live.

6			/// <summary>

7			/// Database connection string.

8			/// </summary>

9			const string DBConnStr = @"Data Source=localhost\devsql;Initial Catalog=Helpdesk;Integrated Security=True";
10
11			/// <summary>

12			/// Returns filled dataset from stored procedure name and its parameters

13			/// </summary>

14			public static DataSet FillDataset(string Statement, SqlParameter[] Params, CommandType SQLCommandType)
15			{
16				SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(DBConnStr);
17				SqlDataAdapter myAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
18
19				myAdapter.SelectCommand = new SqlCommand(Statement, myConnection);
20				myAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandType = SQLCommandType;
21
22				// assign all parameters with its values

23				for (int i = 0; i < Params.Length; i++)
24				{
25					myAdapter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(Params[i]);
26				}
27
28				DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet();
29
30				myAdapter.Fill(myDataSet);
31
32				return myDataSet;
33			}
34
35			/// <summary>

36			/// Executes stored procedure with its parameters

37			/// </summary>

38			public static void ExecSQL(string Statement, SqlParameter[] Params, CommandType SQLCommandType)
39			{
40				SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(DBConnStr);
41				SqlCommand myCmd = new SqlCommand(Statement, myConnection);
42				myCmd.CommandType = SQLCommandType;
43
44				// assign all parameters with its values

45				for (int i = 0; i < Params.Length; i++)
46				{
47					myCmd.Parameters.Add(Params[i]);
48				}
49
50				try
51				{
52					myConnection.Open();
53					myCmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
54				}
55				finally
56				{
57					myConnection.Close();
58				}
59			}
60
61			/// <summary>

62			/// Executes stored procedure with its parameters

63			/// </summary>

64			public static int ExecScalarSQL(string Statement, SqlParameter[] Params, CommandType SQLCommandType)
65			{
66				int ReturnValue;
67
68				SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(DBConnStr);
69				SqlCommand myCmd = new SqlCommand(Statement, myConnection);
70				myCmd.CommandType = SQLCommandType;
71
72				// assign all parameters with its values

73				for (int i = 0; i < Params.Length; i++)
74				{
75					myCmd.Parameters.Add(Params[i]); ;
76				}
77
78				try
79				{
80					myConnection.Open();
81					ReturnValue = System.Convert.ToInt32(myCmd.ExecuteScalar());
82				}
83				finally
84				{
85					myConnection.Close();
86				}
87
88				return ReturnValue;
89			}
90
91			/// <summary>

92			/// Checks a dataset to make sure that it has at least 1 table with 1 row in it.

93			/// </summary>

94			public static bool DataSetHasRows(DataSet ds)
95			{
96				return ds.Tables.Count > 0 & ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0;
97			}
98		}
99	}
100