System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.CommandText Property

Gets or sets the Transact-SQL statement, table name or stored procedure to execute at the data source.

Syntax

[System.ComponentModel.RefreshProperties(System.ComponentModel.RefreshProperties.All)]
[System.ComponentModel.Editor("Microsoft.VSDesigner.Data.SQL.Design.SqlCommandTextEditor, Microsoft.VSDesigner, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a", "System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor, System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValue("")]
public override string CommandText { set; get; }

Value

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Remarks

When the SqlCommand.CommandType property is set to StoredProcedure, the SqlCommand.CommandText property should be set to the name of the stored procedure. The user may be required to use escape character syntax if the stored procedure name contains any special characters. The command executes this stored procedure when you call one of the Execute methods.

The Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server does not support the question mark (?) placeholder for passing parameters to a Transact-SQL statement or a stored procedure called by a command of CommandType.Text. In this case, named parameters must be used. For example:

Example

 SELECT * FROM dbo.Customers WHERE CustomerID = @CustomerID

For more information, see Using Stored Procedures with a Command.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Data.SqlClient
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0