No RecordCount property exists to indicate how many records are being fetched when you use the OleDbDataReader or SqlDataReader class in Visual C#

• Count the records as you go through the reader.
• Run a SELECT COUNT(*) query first. Note that this query may be out of date by the time you finish reading the data.

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
2. Create a new Windows Application in Visual C# .NET. Form1 is created by default.
3. Make sure that your project contains a reference to the System.Data namespace, and add a reference to this namespace if it does not.
4. Add a Command button to Form1, and change its Name property and its Text property to btnTest.
5. Use the using statement on the System and System.Data namespaces so that you are not required to qualify declarations in those namespaces later in your code.

   using System;
   using System.Data;
   using System.Data.SqlClient;
   					

6. Return to Form view, and double-click btnTest to add the click event handler. Add the following code to the handler:

       String myConnString = 
       "User ID=sa;password=sa;Initial Catalog=pubs;Data Source=mySQLServer";
   
       String mySelectQuery  = "SELECT * FROM Authors";
       SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(myConnString);
       SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection);
       myConnection.Open();
   
       SqlDataReader myReader ;
       myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader();
       int RecordCount = 0;
   
       try
       {
   	while (myReader.Read())
   	{
   	    RecordCount++;
   	}
   	if (RecordCount == 0)
               MessageBox.Show("No data returned");
   	else
   	    MessageBox.Show("Number of Records returned: " + RecordCount);
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
   	MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
       }    
       finally
       {
   	myReader.Close();
   	myConnection.Close();
       }
   					

7. Modify the connection string (myConnString) as appropriate for your environment.
8. Save your project.
9. On the Debug menu, click Start to run your project.
10. Click on the button. Notice that you can see the record count.

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