Question

I have a section of code in my project where I an wrapping a Using Block Inside of Another Using Block, I am wondering is this a good practice or just overkill (Please note I understand that this is a very simplistic snippet of code, it was used for illustration purposes only):

protected void Submit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            using (SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["RegConnectionString"].ConnectionString))
            {
                cn.Open();

                string cmdStr = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM REGISTRATION WHERE UserName ='" + this.TextBoxUN.Text + "' ";
                using (SqlCommand selectUser = new SqlCommand(cmdStr, cn))
                {
                    int temp = Convert.ToInt32(selectUser.ExecuteScalar().ToString());

                    if (temp == 0)
                    {
                        string insCmd = "Insert INTO REGISTRATION (UserName, Password, EmailAddress, FullName, Country) VALUES (@UserName, @Password, @EmailAddress, @FullName, @Country)";
                        using (SqlCommand insertUser = new SqlCommand(insCmd, cn))
                        {
                            try
                            {
                                insertUser.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserName", this.TextBoxUN.Text);
                                insertUser.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Password", this.TextBoxPass.Text);
                                insertUser.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmailAddress", this.TextBoxEA.Text);
                                insertUser.Parameters.AddWithValue("@FullName", this.TextBoxFN.Text);
                                insertUser.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Country", this.DropDownListCountry.SelectedItem.ToString());

                                insertUser.ExecuteNonQuery();
                                Response.Redirect("~/Login.aspx");
                            }
                            catch (Exception ex)
                            {
                                Response.Write(ex.Message);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Response.Write("User already Exists in Database");
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Response.Write(ex.Message);
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Yes. Good practice. Dispose of stuff in the smallest scope possible, otherwise you’re leaving it to GC to do quite some time later.