Syntax error in UPDATE statement access database in vb.net - vb.net

Question

I have just started learning VB.net for several weeks. i want to make a form and send data from a text box to a specific cell in ms access database (*.accdb) file. but the code i have writen gives the following error:
Syntax error in UPDATE statement.
i have checked several books and spent hours on internet, but no answer!
Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim ds As New DataSet
Dim da As OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
Dim sql As String
Dim cnn1 As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
con.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source=
E:\Ebook\hararat\GUI\Heat Exchanger Designer\heat.accdb"
con.Open()
sql = "SELECT * FROM flow1"
da = New OleDbDataAdapter(sql, con)
da.Fill(ds, "flow1")
Dim cb As New OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(da)
ds.Tables("flow1").Rows(1).Item(1) = "name"
da.Update(ds, "flow1")
con.Close()

Answer 1

You need to use the .QuotePrefix and .QuoteSuffix properties of the OleDbCommandBuilder to wrap table and field names in square brackets. That is, instead of just
Dim cb As New OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(da)
you need to do
Dim cb As New OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(da)
cb.QuotePrefix = "["
cb.QuoteSuffix = "]"
That will generate an UPDATE statement of the form
UPDATE [TableName] SET [ColumnName]= ...
which is necessary if the table name or any of the field names happen to be reserved words in Access SQL.

Answer 2

Try this one
dim sqlupdate as string = "UPDATE tablename SET column_name = '" & textname.text & "' WHERE column_name = '" & textname.text & "'"
Sometimes errors occur when using the following column names: Username, Password, Date, Time, and much more of this type, try to avoid these column names because this might cause the problem of your issue regarding updating tables. Enable for you to update this kind of column name you need to enclose it with [ and ] so it comes like this: [Username], [Date], etc. so the syntax might go like this:
UPDATE tablename SET [Username] = '" & textname.text & "' WHERE column_name = '" & textname.text & "'"
my codes goes like this:
Open_Con()
Dim sqlUpdate As String
Dim sqlUpdatePass As DialogResult
sqlUpdate = "UPDATE tblAccounts SET [Password] = '" & txtRPassword.Text & "' WHERE [Username] = '" & txtUsername.Text & "'"
sqlCmd = New OleDbCommand(sqlUpdate, sqlCon)
Try
sqlUpdatePass = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure to save this changes?", "Save changes?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question)
If sqlUpdatePass = vbYes Then
sqlCmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
MsgBox("Changes are now saved", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "New password has been set.")
Call ClearAll()
Me.Hide()
Else
Exit Sub
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Could not perform this task because " & ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")
End Try
sqlCmd = Nothing
sqlCon.Close()
hope this things mention above codes helps your problem. have a nice day and happy coding :)

Answer 3

dim sqlupdate as string="UPDATE [tablename] SET [column_name] = '"& textname.text &"' WHERE [column_name] = '"& textname.text &"';"
By enclose attributes with square brackets, it appears to work I have tried it, it works

Answer 4

Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Data
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'Database2DataSet.identitas' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
Me.IdentitasTableAdapter.Fill(Me.Database2DataSet.identitas)
End Sub
Public Sub clean()
TextBox1.Clear()
TextBox2.Clear()
TextBox3.Clear()
TextBox4.Clear()
End Sub
Public Sub read()
Call openconn()
str = "select * from identitas"
dtadapter = New OleDbDataAdapter(str, con)
Dim dg As New DataTable
dg.Clear()
dtadapter.Fill(dg)
dgv.DataSource = dg
End Sub
Public Sub create()
Call openconn()
str = "insert into identitas values ('" & TextBox1.Text & "','" & TextBox2.Text & "','" & TextBox3.Text & "','" & TextBox4.Text & "') "
cmd = New OleDbCommand(str, con)
cmd.Connection = con
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
MsgBox("data lebet")
read()
clean()
End Sub
Public Sub update()
Call openconn()
str = "UPDATE identitas SET [Nama] = '" & TextBox2.Text & "',[Alamat] = '" & TextBox3.Text & "', [No] = '" & TextBox4.Text & "' where [NIK] = '" & TextBox1.Text & "'"
cmd = New OleDbCommand(str, con)
cmd.Connection = con
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
MsgBox("data ter ubah")
clean()
read()
End Sub
Public Sub delete()
Call openconn()
str = "delete from identitas where NIK = '" & TextBox1.Text & "'"
cmd = New OleDbCommand(str, con)
cmd.Connection = con
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
clean()
End Sub
Private Sub btnclose_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnclose.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub btnc_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnc.Click
create()
End Sub
Private Sub btnr_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnr.Click
read()
End Sub
Private Sub btnclean_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnclean.Click
clean()
End Sub
Private Sub btnd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnd.Click
Dim pesan As String = MsgBox("yakin mau hapus = " & TextBox1.Text & "?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo)
If pesan = vbYes Then
delete()
End If
read()
End Sub
Private Sub btnu_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnu.Click
update()
End Sub
End Class

Answer 5

I had same problem, this helped.
"Sometimes errors occur when using the following column names: Username, Password, Date, Time, and much more of this type, try to avoid these column names because this might cause the problem of your issue regarding updating tables. Enable for you to update this kind of column name you need to enclose it with [ and ] so it comes like this: [Username], [Date], etc. so the syntax might go like this: "
I renamed the columns in Access (e.g Password1,Username1) as the same words password, username might be reserved in vb.net. Thanks for this response.