SQL Helper Class in C#

//*************************************

    public class SqlHelper
    {
         private string mstr_ConnectionString;
        private SqlConnection mobj_SqlConnection;
         private SqlCommand mobj_SqlCommand;
        private int mint_CommandTimeout = 30;

         public enum ExpectedType
        {

            StringType = 0,
            NumberType = 1,
            DateType = 2,
            BooleanType = 3,
            ImageType = 4
        }

         public SqlHelper()
        {
             try
            {

                mstr_ConnectionString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ToString();

                mobj_SqlConnection = new SqlConnection(mstr_ConnectionString);
                mobj_SqlCommand = new SqlCommand();
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandTimeout = mint_CommandTimeout;
                mobj_SqlCommand.Connection = mobj_SqlConnection;

                 //ParseConnectionString();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw new Exception("Error initializing data class." + Environment.NewLine + ex.Message);
             }
         }

        public void Dispose()
        {
             try
            {
                 //Clean Up Connection Object
                 if (mobj_SqlConnection != null)
                 {
                     if (mobj_SqlConnection.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
                      {
                          mobj_SqlConnection.Close();
                      }
                     mobj_SqlConnection.Dispose();
                 }

                 //Clean Up Command Object
                 if (mobj_SqlCommand != null)
                 {
                     mobj_SqlCommand.Dispose();
                 }

             }

             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw new Exception("Error disposing data class." + Environment.NewLine + ex.Message);
             }

         }

        public void CloseConnection()
        {
            if (mobj_SqlConnection.State != ConnectionState.Closed) mobj_SqlConnection.Close();
        }
         public int GetExecuteScalarByCommand(string Command)
        {

             object identity = 0;
             try
            {
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandText = Command;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandTimeout = mint_CommandTimeout;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                mobj_SqlConnection.Open();

                mobj_SqlCommand.Connection = mobj_SqlConnection;
                identity = mobj_SqlCommand.ExecuteScalar();
                 CloseConnection();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 CloseConnection();
                 throw ex;
            }
            return Convert.ToInt32(identity);
        }

        public void GetExecuteNonQueryByCommand(string Command)
        {
             try
            {
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandText = Command;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandTimeout = mint_CommandTimeout;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                mobj_SqlConnection.Open();

                mobj_SqlCommand.Connection = mobj_SqlConnection;
                 mobj_SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

                 CloseConnection();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 CloseConnection();
                 throw ex;
            }
        }

         public DataSet GetDatasetByCommand(string Command)
        {
             try
            {
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandText = Command;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandTimeout = mint_CommandTimeout;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                mobj_SqlConnection.Open();

                SqlDataAdapter adpt = new SqlDataAdapter(mobj_SqlCommand);
                DataSet ds = new DataSet();
                 adpt.Fill(ds);
                 return ds;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw ex;
            }
            finally
            {
                 CloseConnection();
             }
         }

        public SqlDataReader GetReaderBySQL(string strSQL)
        {
             mobj_SqlConnection.Open();
            try
            {
                SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand(strSQL, mobj_SqlConnection);
                 return myCommand.ExecuteReader();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 CloseConnection();
                 throw ex;
            }
        }

         public SqlDataReader GetReaderByCmd(string Command)
        {
            SqlDataReader objSqlDataReader = null;
            try
            {
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandText = Command;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
                mobj_SqlCommand.CommandTimeout = mint_CommandTimeout;

                mobj_SqlConnection.Open();
                mobj_SqlCommand.Connection = mobj_SqlConnection;

                objSqlDataReader = mobj_SqlCommand.ExecuteReader() ;
                 return objSqlDataReader;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 CloseConnection();
                 throw ex;
            }
            
        }

         public void AddParameterToSQLCommand(string ParameterName, SqlDbType ParameterType)
         {
             try
            {
                 mobj_SqlCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter(ParameterName, ParameterType));
             }

             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw ex;
            }
        }
         public void AddParameterToSQLCommand(string ParameterName, SqlDbType ParameterType,int ParameterSize)
        {
             try
            {
                 mobj_SqlCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter(ParameterName, ParameterType, ParameterSize));
             }

             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw ex;
            }
        }
         public void SetSQLCommandParameterValue(string ParameterName, object Value)
        {
             try
            {
                mobj_SqlCommand.Parameters[ParameterName].Value = Value;
             }

             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 throw ex;
            }
        }
    }

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Here the AddParameterToSQL Command contains 1 overload method with 3 parameters.

The first method is for the datatypes whose parameter size do not require at the time of assigning. Only datatype should be given. This method can be used for DataTypes like Int, Bit, Money, Double, Decimal etc. And the other method contains 3 parameters - ParameterName, DataType and its size. This method can be used for specially VARCHAR kind of datatypes.

Also in all the method the string Parameter (Command or strSQL) is the name of the Stored Procedure which you are using to get or insert the data.

Hope this article helps you somewhere sometime in your applications.