In the form load event, I connect to the SQL Server database:
Private Sub AddBook_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
myConnection = New SqlConnection("server=.\SQLEXPRESS;uid=sa;pwd=123;database=CIEDC")
myConnection.Open()
End Sub
Here in the Insert event, I use the following code:
Private Sub cmdAdd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdAdd.Click
Try
myConnection.Open()
myCommand = New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO tblBook(BookCode, BookTitle, Author, PublishingYear, Price, EnterDate, CatID, RackID, Amount) VALUES('" & txtBookCode.Text & "','" & txtTitle.Text & "','" & txtAuthor.Text & "','" & txtPublishYear.Text & "','" & txtPrice.Text & "', #" & txtEnterDate.Text & "#, " & txtCategory.Text & "," & txtRack.Text & "," & txtAmount.Text & ")")
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
MsgBox("The book named '" & txtTitle.Text & "' has been inseted successfully")
ClearBox()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message())
End Try
myConnection.Close()
End Sub
And It produces the following error:
ExecuteNonQuery: Connection property has not been initialized
You need to set the Connection
property on the command:
myCommand.Connection = myConnection
Pretty much what the error message implies - the Connection property of the SqlCommand object hasn't been assigned to the connection you opened (in this case you called it myConnection
).
Also, a word of advice here. Do some reading on sql parameters - doing sql concatenation from user input without any sanity checks is the way SQL injection attacks happen.
This is one way to do it:
Private Sub cmdAdd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdAdd.Click
Try
myConnection.Open()
myCommand = New SqlCommand( _
"INSERT INTO tblBook(BookCode, BookTitle, Author, PublishingYear, Price, " & _
" EnterDate, CatID, RackID, Amount) " & _
"VALUES(@bookCode, @bookTitle, @author, @publishingYear, @price, @enterDate, " & _
" @catId, @rackId, @amount)")
myCommand.Connection = myConnection
with myCommand.Parameters
.AddWithValue("bookCode", txtBookCode.Text)
.AddWithValue("bookTitle", txtTitle.Text)
.AddWithValue("author", txtAuthor.Text)
.AddWithValue("publishingYear", txtPublishYear.Text)
.AddWithValue("price", txtPrice.Text)
.AddWithValue("enterDate", txtEnterDate.Text)
.AddWithValue("catId", txtCategory.Text)
.AddWithValue("rackId", txtRack.Text)
.AddWithValue("amount", txtAmount.Text)
end with
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
MsgBox("The book named '" & txtTitle.Text & "' has been inseted successfully")
ClearBox()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message())
End Try
myConnection.Close()
End Sub
Module Module1
Public con As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
Public com As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
Public ds As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader
Dim sqlstr As String
Public Sub main()
con = New SqlConnection("Data Source=.....;Initial Catalog=.....;Integrated Security=True;")
con.Open()
frmopen.Show()
'sqlstr = "select * from name1"
'com = New SqlCommand(sqlstr, con)
Try
com.ExecuteNonQuery()
'MsgBox("success", MsgBoxStyle.Information)
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message())
End Try
'con.Close()
'MsgBox("ok", MsgBoxStyle.Information, )
End Sub
End Module
Please try to wrap the use of your connections (including just opening) inside a USING block. Assuming the use of web.config for connection strings:
Dim connection As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("web.config_connectionstring").ConnectionString)
Dim query As New String = "select * from Table1"
Dim command as New SqlCommand(query, connection)
Using connection
connection.Open()
command.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using
And PARAMETERIZE anything user-entered.. please!