Private Sub AdapterUpdate(ByVal connectionString As String)

    Using connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection( _
       connectionString)

        Dim adapter As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter( _
          "SELECT CategoryID, CategoryName FROM dbo.Categories", _
          connection)

        adapter.UpdateCommand = New SqlCommand( _
          "UPDATE Categories SET CategoryName = @CategoryName " & _
           "WHERE CategoryID = @CategoryID", connection)

        adapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add( _
           "@CategoryName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 15, "CategoryName")

        Dim parameter As SqlParameter = _
           adapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add( _
           "@CategoryID", SqlDbType.Int)
        parameter.SourceColumn = "CategoryID"
        parameter.SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original

        Dim categoryTable As New DataTable
        adapter.Fill(categoryTable)

        Dim categoryRow As DataRow = categoryTable.Rows(0)
        categoryRow("CategoryName") = "New Beverages"

        adapter.Update(categoryTable)

        Console.WriteLine("Rows after update.")
        Dim row As DataRow
        For Each row In categoryTable.Rows
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", row(0), row(1))
        Next
    End Using
End Sub

private static void AdapterUpdate(string connectionString)
{
    using (SqlConnection connection =
               new SqlConnection(connectionString))
    {
        SqlDataAdapter dataAdpater = new SqlDataAdapter(
          "SELECT CategoryID, CategoryName FROM Categories",
          connection);

        dataAdpater.UpdateCommand = new SqlCommand(
           "UPDATE Categories SET CategoryName = @CategoryName " +
           "WHERE CategoryID = @CategoryID", connection);

        dataAdpater.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add(
           "@CategoryName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 15, "CategoryName");

        SqlParameter parameter = dataAdpater.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add(
          "@CategoryID", SqlDbType.Int);
        parameter.SourceColumn = "CategoryID";
        parameter.SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;

        DataTable categoryTable = new DataTable();
        dataAdpater.Fill(categoryTable);

        DataRow categoryRow = categoryTable.Rows[0];
        categoryRow["CategoryName"] = "New Beverages";

        dataAdpater.Update(categoryTable);

        Console.WriteLine("Rows after update.");
        foreach (DataRow row in categoryTable.Rows)
        {
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", row[0], row[1]);
            }
        }
    }
}