Question

How is it possible to execute a direct SQL command to an ADO.NET connected database?
I want to send a DBCC SHRINKDATABASE to the SQL server, to compress the current datafile after a big deletion process. The function ObjectContext::CreateQuery returns a parser error after the DBCC command. Is there any other way to shrink the database file, or another way to send the SQL command directly to the SQL Server?

Answer 1

I’d just send this as raw SQL:

using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("DBCC SHRINKDATABASE(0)", connection))
{
    command.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

Another way is to put the DBCC SHRINKDATABASE in a stored procedure and call the stored procedure from your code.