Should I implement IDisposable?

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Would I want to implement IDisposable in the SQL class below? I have found articles when to use IDisposable, but none explain it when doing something like below. Thanks!

C#

class main : SQL
{
    void GetTheData()
    {
        DoSQL();
    }
}

class SQL
{
    void DoSQL() 
    {
        using(SQLConnection sq=new SQLConnection()) 
        {
            //SQL Stuff Here
        }    
    }
}

Posted 9-Mar-10 10:57am

jdunk

Updated 9-Mar-10 11:02am

Kristian Sixhøj

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Thanks Jimmanuel. Every article I have read says to implement idisposable when the members are disposable (like if I had a sqlconnection not in using statement or passed via constructor).

I couldn't find a good article showing an example like what I provided.

Posted 9-Mar-10 11:28am

jdunk

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Jimmanuel · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-09T11:13:00

Solution 1

The SQLConnection is created and destroyed inside of a method so I'd say no, don't implement IDisposable. If the connection object was a member of the SQL class then my answer would be different.

Posted 9-Mar-10 11:13am

Jimmanuel