Database

declare @Current_SQL nvarchar(500)
declare @result bigint
set @Current_SQL = 'select @result = count(*) from [MyTable] where [ID] = 1'
execute sp_executesql @Current_SQL, N'@result int output', @result output

I are Troll

SELECT A.id, A.title, COUNT(*) as cnt 
FROM A left join B on A.id = B.id
GROUP BY A.id, A.title

SELECT A.id, A.title, S.total 
FROM A 
LEFT OUTER JOIN 
(
	SELECT id, COUNT(id) as total
	FROM B
	GROUP BY id
) S on S.id = A.id
ORDER BY A.id ASC

DbConnection.Open();
DataTable dt = DbConnection.GetSchema("Columns");
foreach (var col in dt.Columns) {
    Console.Write(col + "\t");
}
foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows) {
    foreach (object field in row.ItemArray) {
        Console.Write(field + "\t");
    }
    Console.WriteLine();
}

TABLE_CAT
TABLE_SCHEM
TABLE_NAME
COLUMN_NAME
DATA_TYPE
TYPE_NAME
COLUMN_SIZE
BUFFER_LENGTH
DECIMAL_DIGITS
NUM_PREC_RADIX
NULLABLE
REMARKS
COLUMN_DEF
SQL_DATA_TYPE
SQL_DATETIME_SUB
CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH
ORDINAL_POSITION
IS_NULLABLE

select a.[transaction], b.tran_count
from transactiontable A
inner join (select [transaction], count(*) as tran_count from transactiontable group by [transaction]) as b 
on a.[trasaction] = b.[transaction];