SQL Insert Query Using C#

Question

I'm having an issue at the moment which I am trying to fix. I just tried to access a database and insert some values with the help of C#

The things I tried (worked)

String query = "INSERT INTO dbo.SMS_PW (id,username,password,email) VALUES ('abc',      'abc', 'abc', 'abc')";

A new line was inserted and everything worked fine, now I tried to insert a row using variables:

String query = "INSERT INTO dbo.SMS_PW (id,username,password,email) VALUES (@id, @username, @password, @email)";

command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@id","abc")
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@username","abc")
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@password","abc")
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@email","abc")

command.ExecuteNonQuery();

Didn't work, no values were inserted. I tried one more thing

command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@id", SqlDbType.NChar);
command.Parameters["@id"].Value = "abc";

command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@username", SqlDbType.NChar);
command.Parameters["@username"].Value = "abc";

command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@password", SqlDbType.NChar);
command.Parameters["@password"].Value = "abc";

command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@email", SqlDbType.NChar);
command.Parameters["@email"].Value = "abc";

command.ExecuteNonQuery();

May anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Kind regards

EDIT:

in one other line I was creating a new SQL-Command

var cmd = new SqlCommand(query, connection);

Still not working and I can't find anything wrong in the code above.

Answer 1

I assume you have a connection to your database and you can not do the insert parameters using c #.

You are not adding the parameters in your query. It should look like:

String query = "INSERT INTO dbo.SMS_PW (id,username,password,email) VALUES (@id,@username,@password, @email)";

SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(query, db.Connection);
command.Parameters.Add("@id","abc");
command.Parameters.Add("@username","abc");
command.Parameters.Add("@password","abc");
command.Parameters.Add("@email","abc");

command.ExecuteNonQuery();

Updated:

using(SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(_connectionString))
{
    String query = "INSERT INTO dbo.SMS_PW (id,username,password,email) VALUES (@id,@username,@password, @email)";

    using(SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(query, connection))
    {
        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@id", "abc");
        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@username", "abc");
        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@password", "abc");
        command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@email", "abc");

        connection.Open();
        int result = command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        // Check Error
        if(result < 0)
            Console.WriteLine("Error inserting data into Database!");
    }
}

Answer 2

Try

String query = "INSERT INTO dbo.SMS_PW (id,username,password,email) VALUES (@id,@username, @password, @email)";
using(SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
using(SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(query, connection))
{
    //a shorter syntax to adding parameters
    command.Parameters.Add("@id", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = "abc";

    command.Parameters.Add("@username", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = "abc";

    //a longer syntax for adding parameters
    command.Parameters.Add("@password", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = "abc";

    command.Parameters.Add("@email", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = "abc";

    //make sure you open and close(after executing) the connection
    connection.Open();
    command.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

Answer 3

The most common mistake (especially when using express) to the "my insert didn't happen" is : looking in the wrong file.

If you are using file-based express (rather than strongly attached), then the file in your project folder (say, c:\dev\myproject\mydb.mbd) is not the file that is used in your program. When you build, that file is copied - for example to c:\dev\myproject\bin\debug\mydb.mbd; your program executes in the context of c:\dev\myproject\bin\debug\, and so it is here that you need to look to see if the edit actually happened. To check for sure: query for the data inside the application (after inserting it).

Answer 4

static SqlConnection myConnection;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        myConnection = new SqlConnection("server=localhost;" +
                                                      "Trusted_Connection=true;" +
             "database=zxc; " +
                                                      "connection timeout=30");
        try
        {

            myConnection.Open();
            label1.Text = "connect successful";

        }
        catch (SqlException ex)
        {
            label1.Text = "connect fail";
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        }
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        String st = "INSERT INTO supplier(supplier_id, supplier_name)VALUES(" + textBox1.Text + ", " + textBox2.Text + ")";
        SqlCommand sqlcom = new SqlCommand(st, myConnection);
        try
        {
            sqlcom.ExecuteNonQuery();
            MessageBox.Show("insert successful");
        }
        catch (SqlException ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        }
    }