I want to use a combobox to retrieve data from an access database, but it doesn't work with numerical values.
This part of the code is the connection string and object:
public partial class StockControl : Form
{
OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection();
public StockControl()
{
InitializeComponent();
connection.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Folder\NewStockControl.mdb;Persist Security Info=False;";
}
Here is the code I used to retrieve the field ProductName in the Access database (StockControl is the name of the form I created):
private void StockControl_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
connection.Open();
OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand();
command.Connection = connection;
string query = "select ProductName from Products";
command.CommandText = query;
OleDbDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();
while (reader.Read())
{
cbProductId.Items.Add(reader["ProductName"].ToString());
}
connection.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error" + ex);
}
}
And here is the code I added to the combo box (cbProductId)
private void cbProductId_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
connection.Open();
OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand();
command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
command.Connection = connection;
string query = "SELECT * from Products WHERE ProductName='"+cbProductId.Text+"'";
command.CommandText = query;
OleDbDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();
while (reader.Read())
{
txtStockName.Text = reader["ProductName"].ToString();
txtStockQty.Text= reader["SupplyLeft"].ToString();
}
connection.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error" + ex);
}
}
There are two textboxes in the StockControl form: txtStockName and txtStockQty, and I want the fields ProductName and SupplyLeft to be displayed in those textboxes respectively. However whenever I run the code the only value that shows is ProductName, but SupplyLeft doesn't. I assume it has to do with the fact that it is an integer rather than a string, but I don't know how to convert the text box to be able to display the value SupplyLeft.