Question

hello all this seems to be my problem
I have a table in mysql and am making a c# app when trying to insert i get a You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘OIL COMPANY)’ at line 1 which is my companyVal. it will insert with one value and a default for all others but i add the second value it errors out

        string ConnectionString2 = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString2"];
        MySqlConnection connection2;
        connection2 = new MySqlConnection(ConnectionString2);
        connection2.Open();
        MySqlCommand command = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO spt_proposal     (lab_Prop_Id,customer_Name) VALUE (" + a + "," + companyVal + ")", connection2);
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();
        connection2.Close();

Brent

Answer 1

You are missing quotes round your strings and VALUE should be VALUES:

string sql = "INSERT ... VALUES ('" + a + "','" + companyVal + "')";

Also I’d advise you to use parameterized queries.