Finding sum of a column in the database

Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.SqlClient Public Class Form1 Private conn As SqlConnection Protected cmd As SqlCommand Protected dr As SqlDataReader Private sql As String = Nothing Private connectionstring As String = Nothing Private Sub ExcecuteSQLstmt(ByVal sql As String) If conn.State = ConnectionState.Open Then conn.Close() End If connectionstring = "Integrated Security=true;" + "Initial Catalog=ab;" + "Data Source=KARTIK-PC\SQLEXPRESS;" conn.ConnectionString = connectionstring conn.Open() End Sub Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load conn = New SqlConnection(connectionstring) ExcecuteSQLstmt(Sql) End Sub Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click sql = "select sum(price) from costtable" Dim ds As New DataSet ds.Clear() Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter(sql, conn) da.Fill(ds, "data") Dim i As Integer = 0 If ds.Tables(0).Rows.Count > 0 Then TextBox1.Text = ds.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item(0).ToString End If End Sub End Class