SYNTAX ERROR INSERT INTO STATEMENT Visual Basic - vb.net

Question

Why am I getting this error
Syntax error INSERT INTO statement
Please help! Thanks in advance!
Dim cmd As New OleDb.OleDbCommand
If TabControl1.SelectedIndex = 0 Then
If Not cnn.State = ConnectionState.Open Then
'open connection if it is not yet open
cnn.Open()
End If
cmd.Connection = cnn
'check whether add new or update
If Me.txtStdID.Tag & "" = "" Then
'add new
'add data to table
cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO Student (StudentID, LastName, FirstName, MiddleInitial, Grade, Section, ContactNumber, AdviserID, CounselorID, ParentName)" & _
"VALUES('" & Me.txtStdID.Text & "','" & Me.txtLname.Text & "','" & _
Me.txtFname.Text & "','" & Me.txtMidInt.Text & "','" & _
Me.txtGrade.Text & "','" & Me.txtSection.Text & "','" & Me.txtContact.Text & "','" & _
Me.txtAdvID.Text & "','" & Me.txtConID.Text & "','" & Me.txtPname.Text & "')"
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()

Answer 1

Well, this is a well known problem. Databases define many words as "reserved keywords", and if they are used for column names or table names, they need to be enclosed in the appropriate quoting character for your database.
Seeing that you are using an OleDbConnection I assume that you are using MS-Access as database. In that case the list of reserved keywords could be found here,
And indeed SECTION is a reserved keyword, so your query, should be written as
"INSERT INTO Student (......, [Section], ......
Said that, let's say something about string concatenation to build an SQL Query.
It's bad, bad, bad.... There are numerous problem with that. For example, what happens if one of your fields contains a single quote? The whole query will fail again with a Syntax error. Also, albeit more difficult to exploit with Access because it doesn't support multiple command texts there is the problem of SQL Injection to avoid at all costs. You need to learn how to use a PARAMETERIZED QUERY
Dim sqlText = "INSERT INTO Student (StudentID, LastName, FirstName, " & _
"MiddleInitial, Grade, [Section], ContactNumber, AdviserID, " & _
"CounselorID, ParentName) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)"
If TabControl1.SelectedIndex = 0 Then
Using cnn = New OleDbConnection(...constring here....)
Using cmd = new OleDbCommand(sqlText, cnn)
cnn.Open()
cmd.Parameters.Add("#p1", OleDbType.VarWChar).Value = Me.txtStdID.Text
cmd.Parameters.Add("#p2", OleDbType.VarWChar).Value = Me.txtLname.Text
.... and so on with the other parameters ....
.... strictly following the order of the fields in the insert....
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using
End Using