>I'm trying to do a simple query from the 'NorthWind' Database 'Employee' table to find a particular record.
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>I can get all records but when i try to use the WHERE clause i get errors. i am using following:
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>string ConnString = "server = \"myserver\";uid=sa;pwd=; Initial Catalog = Northwind";
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>SqlConnection Connection = new SqlConnection (ConnString);
>Connection.Open();
>
>string mykey = this.tbxUserName.text.ToString();
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>string selectcmd = "SELECT EmployeeID,LastName,FirstName FROM Employees WHERE FirstName = mykey";
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>SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(selectcmd,Connection);
>
>SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader ();

Either use "where FirstName = '" + myKey + "'"

or try to pass myKey as a parameter. Right now you're creating string as is and myKey is not evaluated.

Parameter symbol for Oracle in DataSet Thread #1193338 Message #1193338