Question

Just learning a bit of VB and want to search a very simple SQL query as follows:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    firstOrd = txtFirstOrd.Text
    Me.OrdersBindingSource.Filter = "select * from orders WHERE firstDate =" & firstOrd
End Sub

Ive just got this executing on a simple button and keep getting this:

Syntax error: Missing operand after 'orders' operator.

Im pretty sure its a quote problem but cant work it out! Any help would be great!

Answer 1

It looks like you are trying to use the filter of a bindingSource. This filter property may include a condition to check on each row of the given bindingSource

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    firstOrd = txtFirstOrd.Text
    Me.OrdersBindingSource.Filter = String.Format("firstDate = '{0}'", firstOrd)
End Sub

I assume firstOrd will contain a dateTime value, so may consider having a look at BindingSource.Filter by Date.