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Insert comma into MS Access database using Visual Studio [duplicate]

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I'm creating an application using Visual Studio 2019, with a connection to an MS Accsess database to add, get, modify and delete values inside the database.
I'm willing to insert a text that could contain a comma, for example : Gousse d'ail. But I know there will be a problem because the string has to be surrounded by commas. So I added a backslash before every extra comma inside the text I'm willing to insert.
The thing is a get an error message saying there is a syntax error, I believe it's because of the backslash.
Here is the message I get :
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException (0x80040E14) : Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression " 'Gousse d\'ail', unite = 'kg', allergene = False, fournisseurID = 1 WHERE ingrédientID = 40; "
Everything works really well until there is comma.
Here is the method I use to insert into the database:
public void UpdateIngédient(int ingredientID, InfoIngredient ing)
{
string query = "UPDATE Ingrédients ";
query += "SET nom = '" + ing.Nom + "', unite = '" + ing.Unité + "', allergene = " + ing.Allergene + ", fournisseurID = " + ing.Fournisseur;
query += " WHERE ingredientID = " + ingredientID + ";";
OleDbCommand com = new OleDbCommand(query, oleConnection);
com.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

Your query is begging for SQL injection, as well as bugs exactly like the one you've encountered.
If you're doing any work with a SQL table (or OLE in your case) I strongly recommend spending some time to look into SQL injection to understand the risks.
It's very easy to defend against SQL injection and a rewrite of your code is shown below to protect against it.
void UpdateIngédient(int ingredientID, InfoIngredient ing)
{
string query = "UPDATE Ingrédients SET nom = #nom, unite = #unite, allergene = #allergene, fournisseurID = #fournisseur WHERE ingredientID = #ingredientID;";
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(query, oleConnection);
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("#nom", ing.Nom));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("#unite", ing.Unité));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("#allergene", ing.Allergene));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("#fournisseur", ing.Fournisseur));
cmd.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("#ingredientID", ingredientID));
OleDbCommand com = new OleDbCommand(query, oleConnection);
com.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
This should safeguard against "unexpected" characters in your strings such as the ' character

Use of commercial #AT when dealing with data access in ASP.Net?

Two small issues, mostly concerning the #AT syntax when dealing with data in ASP.Net (C#). Most online tutorials show a lot of this following type of code but fail to mention (or I may have overlooked) the actual purpose of the ampersand although they do explain the general purpose of the code. In this example, just querying the database to get data pertaining to a certain month for a calender control.
protected DataSet GetCurrentMonthData(DateTime firstDate,
DateTime lastDate)
{
DataSet dsMonth = new DataSet();
ConnectionStringSettings cs;
cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString1"];
String connString = cs.ConnectionString;
SqlConnection dbConnection = new SqlConnection(connString);
String query;
query = "SELECT HolidayDate FROM Holidays " + _
" WHERE HolidayDate >= #firstDate AND HolidayDate < #lastDate";
SqlCommand dbCommand = new SqlCommand(query, dbConnection);
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#firstDate",
firstDate));
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#lastDate", lastDate));
SqlDataAdapter sqlDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(dbCommand);
try
{
sqlDataAdapter.Fill(dsMonth);
}
catch {}
return dsMonth;
}
First issue: What do #firstDate and #lastDate mean or reference in the database string query? Is that referencing the parameters being passed in GetCurrentMonthData method or the actual column name in the database table ?
query = "SELECT HolidayDate FROM Holidays " + _
" WHERE HolidayDate >= #firstDate AND HolidayDate < #lastDate";
Second issue: What is the difference between #firstDate and firstDate? Am I correct in saying firstDate is the actual parameter variable itself?
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#firstDate",
firstDate));

I agree with #har07. That is not a ampersand. An ampersand, as far as I know, looks like this -> &. To answer the question, the 'at' sign (#) is used to indicate variables in a parameterized query in c#.
In the code
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#firstDate",firstDate));
you are assigning the value of the DateTime variable firstDate to the #firstDate variable in your query.
Here's an example that's a bit less confusing(I hope):
Let's say I have a string variable called myName and I want to pass that to my query select * from students where name = #name.
To pass the value of myName to #name in my query, I would do
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#name",myName));
I hope that helps.

Your First Question :
According to the documentation, the name must start with an #:
The ParameterName is specified in the form #paramname.
More Information :
Is it necessary to add a # in front of an SqlParameter name?
Second Question :

First, that isn't ampersand but at sign or commercial at. It is used in this particular context to indicates an SQL parameter name.
And this part showing how you pass the actual value (contained in the firstDate C# variable) to the SQL parameter (#firstDate) :
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#firstDate",
firstDate));
You can read your parameterized SQL query statement like string concatenation but with big advantages (the former save you from SQL injection, arbitrary data type to string conversion with correct formatting*, etc) :
query = "SELECT HolidayDate FROM Holidays " + _
" WHERE HolidayDate >= " + firstDate + " AND HolidayDate < " + lastDate;
*) See that in the string concatenation version above you need to convert firstDate and lastDate to string with correct format according to your RDBMS local settings to make it work.

The main use of #inputvalue in query statement is to avoid sql injection attacks.
If you use normal concatenation method in building query statement, Hackers can easily bypass the statements with sql injection.
Eg:
"Select * from user where username ='" + username.text + "' and password ='" + password.text + "'"
If you use the above statement to validate the user login, think what will happen if the user types a' = 'a') or 'sometext in username textbox and sometext in password box. It will returns more than one record on execution and enters into account area, if you checks with no of return records in user validation.
To avoid this, Microsoft introduced #parameter to build sql query statements. Whatever value you pass in the #parameter is considered as input parameter value and you can't inject sql statements in it.
Answer for your second question
dbCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("#firstDate",
firstDate));
The above method is used to replace the #parameter(first argument in Add method) with parameter value(second argument in Add method). It uses # as the delimiter. it checks if there is a word with prefix '#' in query statement, it will be marked as a parameter and it is replaced by the actual value which is passed as the second argument in the Add method.

Vistadb Writing SQL For Image DataType

I have recently started a new job and they use Vistadb so I cannot change the software package before people suggest that. I have obtained out of the database a byte[] from a datatype of image that is used in there different systems so its data type cannot be changed from image to varbinary. I have made alterations to the byte[] and now need to put it back into the database in an new record however I cant seem to work out how the SQL Query should be for it so far I have.
zz is the byte[] the rest of it works fine just need a way to put that into my SQL Query
sql = "INSERT INTO TimeHistory(\"Data\",\"Name\",\"Units\",\"ParameterData\",\"StartTime\",\"EndTime\",\"StorageRate\",\"Measurement\") SELECT \'" +zz+ "\',\'" + Name + "\',\'" + Units + "\',\'" + ParameterData + "\',\'" + start + "\',\'" + end + "\',\'" + storage + "\'" + ",SELECT Max(ID)From Measurement;";
ExecuteScript(sql);
This is done with c#.net using WPF forms.

The key to doing what you want is to use parameters to pass data to your SQL operation, not to convert it to a string and embed it in the TSQL code. This is a best practice not just because it prevents needless type conversions (say from DateTime to string and string back to DateTime for storage) but also for security - it ensures the database engine only attempts to execute as code things you intended to be code, not data that happened to be escaped so it was evaluated as part of the string.
We have a good example of how to do this in our ADO.NET samples at:
Common Operations in ADO.NET
If you go down the page you'll see an example "Inserting Data Using a Parameterized Command" which will work with any type, like this:
using (VistaDBConnection connection = new VistaDBConnection())
{
connection.ConnectionString = #"Data Source=C:\mydatabase.vdb5";
connection.Open();
using (VistaDBCommand command = new VistaDBCommand())
{
int Age = 21;
command.Connection = connection;
command.CommandText = "INSERT INTO MyTable (MyColumn) VALUES (#age)";
command.Parameters.Add("#age", Age);
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}

Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement c#.net Winforms Devexpress?

I get date from DateEdit and try to Store into Access Database. But it show error like this
Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement.
my insert statement is this
OleDbCommand top = new OleDbCommand("INSERT INTO invoice(invoice_number,order_number,customername,status,subtotal,tax,total,date) VALUES (" + inno + "," + odrno + ",'" + name + "','"+ chk1 +"' ,"+ subtottal +","+ tax +","+total+",'"+date+"')", conn);
top.ExecuteNonQuery();
Except Date remaining values store successfully but how can i store date ??
I get date like this DateTime date = dateEdit1.DateTime;
Help me.

DATE is a reserved keyword for Microsoft Access. You shoud use it with square brackets like [DATE]
And you should always use parameterized queries. This kind of string concatenations are open for SQL Injection attacks.
OleDbCommand top = new OleDbCommand(#"INSERT INTO invoice(invoice_number,order_number,customername,status,subtotal,tax,total,[date])
VALUES (#invoice_number, #order_number, #customername, #status, #subtotal, #tax, #total, #date)", conn);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#invoice_number", inno);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#order_number", odrno);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#customername", name);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#status", chk1);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#subtotal", subtotal);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#tax", text);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#total", total);
top.Parameters.AddWithValue("#date", date);
As a general recommendation, don't use reserved keywords for your identifiers and object names in your database.

Insert datetime from C# into SQL Server database

when I try to insert datetime value into a SQL Server database I get this error:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string
Code:
connection.Open();
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("insert into table values(#time)", connection);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("#time", DateTime.Now);
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
connection.Close();
Table table has 1 datetime column called time.
Edit:
my table created in msSQL 2012: http://i.imgur.com/TJ3t3y7.png
my real code is:
public void vytvorDotaz(String uzivatel, DateTime cas, String nazev, String dotaz)
{
int id = getMaxID() + 1;
connection.Open();
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("insert into otazky values('" + id + "', '" + uzivatel + "', '0','0','0','#cas','" + nazev + "','" + dotaz + "')", connection);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("#cas", DateTime.Now);
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
connection.Close();
}

The actual problem here is that you're writing the parameter inside quotes:
... ,'0','#cas',' ...
^ ^
This will not use #cas as a parameter, you're actually trying to insert the string "#cas" into that column, not the contents of the parameter #cas.
Remove the quotes and that part should work.
Additionally, don't use string concatenation to build up the SQL, use parameters for everything, save you some headache from SQL injection attacks or quotes or whatnot. This is related to the "id", "uzivatel", "nazev", and "dotav" parameters you're using (method parameters that is).

Looks like you need:
insert into table values(#time)
Without the single character quote.

Try System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlDateTime Also when storing dates please consider storing them as UTC to prevent confusion.