OleDbException syntax error in insert Statment

Question

static string connStrCheckData = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + Server.MapPath("test.xlsx") + ";Extended Properties=Excel 12.0;";

static string oledbConnCheckData = new OleDbConnection(connStrCheckData);

string adsName ="MagMall.com - subscription savings on 1,000's of magazines";

OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(); cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text; cmd.CommandText = "insert into [sheet1$] ( [column1]) values ('" + adsName.ToString().Trim() + "')"; cmd.Connection = oledbConnCheckData;

        oledbConnCheckData.Open();

        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

        oledbConnCheckData.Close();

Errro : Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression ''MagMall.com - subscription savings on 1,000's of magazines')'.

Above Error Ocssurs when i tried to insert "MagMall.com - subscription savings on 1,000's of magazines" word.

Eddie Paz Eddie Paz · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-23T06:36:29

As juergen said, you hve to escape the single apostrophe buy adding an additional one: 1,000''s (not \'). The double apostrophies is the correct way to pass the statement.

OleDbException syntax error in insert Statment

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