I am having trouble figuring out what is wrong with my code. I am trying to add a record in my Access Db through C# but was confronted with an exception that says I have a wrong syntax in my SQL statement.
private void buttonSUB_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string Adrs = textADRS.Text;
string Fname = textFN.Text;
string Mname = textMN.Text;
string Lname = textLN.Text;
string Pos = textPOS.Text;
try
{
OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection();
con.ConnectionString = @"Provider = Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source = C:\\Users\\genesis\\Documents\\Database1.accdb";
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand("Insert into Employees (FN,MN,LN,Address,Position) Values (@FirstName,@MidName,@LastName,@Address,@Position)",con);
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("@FirstName", Fname));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("@MidName", Mname));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("@LastName", Lname));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("@Address", Adrs));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("@Position", Pos));
con.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
MessageBox.Show("Record Submitted", "Nice!");
con.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
From Access SQL Reserved Words List, POSITION
already defined as reserved keyword.
If you use a reserved word or symbol to name a field in a table, Access warns you that the word is reserved and that you might encounter errors when referring to the field. You might also encounter errors if you use a reserved word to name a control, an object, or a variable.
If a reserved word is already in use, you can avoid error messages by surrounding each occurrence of the word with brackets ([ ]).
Hence, you need to add square brackets to use it as table name:
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(
@"INSERT INTO Employees (FN, MN, LN, Address, [Position])
VALUES (@FirstName, @MidName, @LastName, @Address, @Position)", con);
NB: Reserved words are case-insensitive in Access usage, thus every occurrences which use reserved words must placed inside square brackets.