Question

I have a form with a text box and button, such that when the user clicks the button, the specified name in the text box is added to a table in my sql database. The code for the button is as follows:

private void btnAddDiaryItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   try
   {
       string strNewDiaryItem = txtAddDiaryItem.Text;
       if (strNewDiaryItem.Length == 0)
       {
           MessageBox.Show("You have not specified the name of a new Diary Item");
           return;
       }
       string sqlText = "INSERT INTO tblDiaryTypes (DiaryType) VALUES = ('" + strNewDiaryItem + "');";
       cSqlQuery cS = new cSqlQuery(sqlText, "non query");
       PopulateInitialDiaryItems();
       MessageBox.Show("New Diary Item added succesfully");
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
       MessageBox.Show("Unhandled Error: " + ex.Message);
   }
}

The class cSqlQuery is a simple class that executes various T-SQL actions for me and its code is as follows:

class cSqlQuery
{
    public string cSqlStat;
    public DataTable cQueryResults;
    public int cScalarResult;

    public cSqlQuery()
    {
        this.cSqlStat = "empty";
    }

    public cSqlQuery(string paramSqlStat, string paramMode)
    {
        this.cSqlStat = paramSqlStat;

        string strConnection = BuildConnectionString();
        SqlConnection linkToDB = new SqlConnection(strConnection);

        if (paramMode == "non query")
        {
            linkToDB.Open();
            SqlCommand sqlCom = new SqlCommand(paramSqlStat, linkToDB);
            sqlCom.ExecuteNonQuery();
            linkToDB.Close();
        }

        if (paramMode == "table")
        {
            using (linkToDB)
            using (var adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(cSqlStat, linkToDB))
            {
                DataTable table = new DataTable();
                adapter.Fill(table);
                this.cQueryResults = table;
            }
        }

        if (paramMode == "scalar")
        {
            linkToDB.Open();
            SqlCommand sqlCom = new SqlCommand(paramSqlStat, linkToDB);
            this.cScalarResult = (Int32)sqlCom.ExecuteScalar();
            linkToDB.Close();
        }
    }

    public cSqlQuery(SqlCommand paramSqlCom, string paramMode)
    {
        string strConnection = BuildConnectionString();
        SqlConnection linkToDB = new SqlConnection(strConnection);
        paramSqlCom.Connection = linkToDB;

        if (paramMode == "table")
        {
            using (linkToDB)
            using (var adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(paramSqlCom))
            {
                DataTable table = new DataTable();
                adapter.Fill(table);
                this.cQueryResults = table;
            }
        }

        if (paramMode == "scalar")
        {
            linkToDB.Open();
            paramSqlCom.Connection = linkToDB;
            this.cScalarResult = (Int32)paramSqlCom.ExecuteScalar();
            linkToDB.Close();
        }
    }

    public string BuildConnectionString()
    {
        cConnectionString cCS = new cConnectionString();
        return cCS.strConnect;
    }        
}

The class works well throughout my application so I don’t think the error is in the class, but then I can’t be sure.

When I click the button I get the following error message:

Incorrect syntax near =

Which is really annoying me, because when I run the exact same command in SQL Management Studio it works fine.

I’m sure I’m missing something rather simple, but after reading my code through many times, I’m struggling to see where I have gone wrong.

Answer 1

You do not need the =

A valid insert would look like

INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3,...)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...)

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_insert.asp