Question

I’ve managed to run this query using wamp.

INSERT INTO guest (guestno,familyname)
    VALUES(NULL,'Damn');      

INSERT INTO reservation (reservationno, guestno)
    VALUES(NUll,LAST_INSERT_ID())

However If I separately execute these 2 insert statements I will have a foreign key constraint.
I think the both of them need to be executed at the same time.

My questions are:

1. How to incorporate this into my c# winform code?
2. Is it possible to have 2 insert statements on one button?

When the user presses “add reservation” I would like the two MySQl query’s to be executed.

Here’s my insert statement:

private void button7_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
    string connectionString =
            "Server=localhost;" +
        "Database=sad;" +
        "User ID=root;" +
        "Password=root;" +
        "Pooling=false";

        IDbConnection dbcon;
        dbcon = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
        dbcon.Open();

        IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
        string sql = "<insert statement>";
        dbcmd.CommandText = sql;
        IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader();
        reader.Read(); 

}

UPDATED VERSION (DOESN’T WORK)

string connectionString =
         "Server=localhost;" +
         "Database=sad;" +
     "User ID=root;" +
     "Password=root;" +
     "Pooling=false";
    Form3 f3 = new Form3();

        IDbConnection dbcon;
        dbcon = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
        dbcon.Open();
        IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
        string sql = "insert into guest (guestno, familyname) values (null, '" + textBox6.Text + "'); insert into reservation (reservationno, guestno) values (null, LAST_INSERT_ID())";
        dbcmd.CommandText = sql;

        IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader();
        reader.Read();
        MessageBox.Show("Added Guest Reservation Successfully");
        f3.guestList();
        f3.reservationList();

Updated No.3 (STILL DOESN’T WORK)

string connectionString =
             "Server=localhost;" +
             "Database=sad;" +
             "User ID=root;" +
             "Password=root;" +
             "Pooling=false";

            IDbConnection dbcon;
            dbcon = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
            dbcon.Open();
            IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
            dbcmd = new MySqlCommand("CreateGuestAndReservation", dbcon);
            dbcmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
            dbcmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("familyName", "foo");
            dbcmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
enter code here

Answer 1

You can’t execute more than one statement on a given MySqlCommand.

Your best bet all around (maintainability, performance, readability) is to:

• create a MySQL stored procedure for your 2 SQL statements.
• call your stored proc using ExecuteNonQuery().

DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE CreateGuestAndReservation
(
   IN familyName VARCHAR(255)
)
BEGIN
    insert into guest (guestno, familyname) 
     values (null, familyName); 

    insert into reservation (reservationno, guestno) 
    values (null, LAST_INSERT_ID());

END//
DELIMITER ;

Call it from your WinForms code like this:

dbcon.Open();
cmd = new MySqlCommand("CreateGuestAndReservation", dbcon);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
//cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?familyName", "foo");
cmd.Parameters.Add("?familyName", MySqlDbType.VarChar,255).Value = "foo";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();