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              DataExtensionsExecuteScalar(OleDbConnection, String, Int32, Object) Method
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            Executes the SQL statement using OleDbConnection, and returns the value in the first column 
            of the first row in the result set.
            
        
        Namespace: GSF.DataAssembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.258-beta+f8b6aa3dbfe0b4cc2b0b0760dd5d2a3dd4f59d09
Syntaxpublic static Object ExecuteScalar(
	this OleDbConnection connection,
	string sql,
	int timeout,
	params Object[] parameters
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ExecuteScalar ( 
	connection As OleDbConnection,
	sql As String,
	timeout As Integer,
	ParamArray parameters As Object()
) As Object
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static Object^ ExecuteScalar(
	OleDbConnection^ connection, 
	String^ sql, 
	int timeout, 
	... array<Object^>^ parameters
)
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member ExecuteScalar : 
        connection : OleDbConnection * 
        sql : string * 
        timeout : int * 
        parameters : Object[] -> Object GSF.Data.DataExtensions.ExecuteScalar = function(connection, sql, timeout, ... parameters);
 View SourceParameters
- connection  OleDbConnection
 - The OleDbConnection to use for executing the SQL statement.
 - sql  String
 - The SQL statement to be executed.
 - timeout  Int32
 - The time in seconds to wait for the SQL statement to execute.
 - parameters  Object
 - The parameter values to be used to fill in IDbDataParameter parameters identified by '@' prefix in sql expression -or- the parameter values to be passed into stored procedure being executed.
 
Return Value
ObjectValue in the first column of the first row in the result set.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type 
OleDbConnection. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see 
Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or 
Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
See Also