Question

When using SqlCommand to execute a non-query (such as a database restore), is it possible to programatically get the text that would normally be posted to the ‘Messages’ tab if using the Management Studio? And if so how?

Answer 1

Yes, there’s an event hook on the SqlCommand object called SqlInfoMessage, which you can hook into:

SqlConnection _con = new SqlConnection('server=.;database=Northwindintegrated Security=SSPI;');  _con.InfoMessage += new SqlInfoMessageEventHandler(_con_InfoMessage); 

The event handler will look like this:

static void _con_InfoMessage(object sender, SqlInfoMessageEventArgs e) {     string myMsg = e.Message;             } 

The ‘e.Message’ is the message printed out to the message window in SQL Server Mgmt Studio.

Marc