Why this code is not working in VS2005

Question

I want to use array of SQl Parameters.When i searched over net I got very usefule data at below link. sqlParameters Array in VB.Net .VS2005 shows syntax error near NEW.

Code is as below

Dim parameters() As SqlParameter = New SqlParameter() _
    {
      New SqlParameter("@first_name", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50) With { .Value = "john"},
      New SqlParameter("@last_name", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50) With { .Value = "doe"},
      New SqlParameter("@age", SqlDbType.Int) With { .Value = 18},
      New SqlParameter("@id", SqlDbType.Int) With { .Value = 123}
    }

Answer 1

Your code uses object initializers which where introduced in VB.Net 9.0 (Visual Studio 2008); hence you can't use them in VB.Net 8.0 (Visual Studio 2005).

You have to do it the verbose way, eg:

Dim parameters(3) As SqlParameter

Dim p As SqlParameter
p = New SqlParameter("@first_name", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50)
p.Value = "john"
parmaters(0) = p

p = New SqlParameter("@last_name", SqlDbType.VarChar, 50)
p.Value = "doe"
parmaters(1) = p

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