public string DBVersion() { SqlDataControls sdc = new SqlDataControls(); using(SqlCommand comm = CreateCommand()) { comm.CommandText = "SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion')"; string version = ""; using(DataSet ds = new DataSet()) { using(SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter()) { da.SelectCommand = comm; da.Fill(ds); version = ds.Tables[0].ToString(); } } return version; } }