Question

Error when trying to insert data to access. URGENT.

Asked by: awolfe76

I am simply trying to insert data in an access database, into a form called YesPledgeForm. I have almost the exact same code on another page which works fine. It inserts the data into a form called NoPledgeForm and works perfect. So I know that it has nothing to do with the connection string. I CANNOT figure out what the difference is or why I am getting this error. I have been looking at it off and on for 2 days so I figured it was time to try something else. So here we are. My code is below and the error that I am getting follows the code. Thanks for any help. Oh, all the fields in the table are text except the amount field which is an integer.
Dim myconnect As OleDbConnection
Dim mycommand As OleDbCommand
Dim myinsert As String
***********error appears on line below*********************
myinsert = "INSERT INTO YesPledgeForm (Amount, MailCode, IDNum, Email, Phone, Yesbox, Occupation, Employer, BatchNum) VALUES (" & txtAmount.Text & ", '" & txtMailCode.Text & "', '" & txtID.Text & "', '" & txtEmail.Text & "', '" & txtPhone.Text & "', '" & txtYesBox.Text & "', '" & txtOccupation.Text & "', '" & txtEmployer.Text & "', '" & Session("BatchNum") & "')"
***********error appears on line above*********************
myconnect = New OleDbConnection(Session("constring"))
myconnect.Open()
mycommand = New OleDbCommand(myinsert, myconnect)
mycommand.ExecuteNonQuery()

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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Answers

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 08:39:04ID: 9494649

>>into a form called YesPledgeForm

You cannot insert data into a Form. You can only insert data into a TABLE!

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 08:40:19ID: 9494656

Copy the query from myinsert to the Access and try to run it from there. You often have a more explicit error message.

 

by: awolfe76Posted on 2003-10-05 at 10:58:57ID: 9495055

Its not a form its a table called YesPledgeForm. Sorry about that.

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 11:10:49ID: 9495087

and what bringing the query into Access?

 

by: awolfe76Posted on 2003-10-05 at 11:31:01ID: 9495131

in access it said microsoft set 1 field(s) to Null due to a type conversion error, and it didnt add 0 records to the table due to key violations, 0 records due to lock violations and 0 records due to validation rule violations.
but here is the wierd thing since the first post i have added some code which includes another variable for the NOW function and another variable to do a check digit on. I am getting the same error as before only in a different place now. Here it is:

If Me.IsPostBack Then
            Dim mydate As String
            Session.Add(mydate, "")
            Session("mydate") = Format(Now(), "yyyyMMdd")
            Session("keyedtotal") = Session("keyedtotal") + txtAmount.Text
            Dim myconnect As OleDbConnection
            Dim mycommand As OleDbCommand
            Dim myinsert As String
            Dim idstring As String
*************error on line below now*****************
            idstring = txtIDNum.Text
***********************************************
            If CheckDigit(idstring, 3, 2) = True Then
                myinsert = "INSERT INTO YesPledgeForm (Amount, MailCode, IDNum, Email, Phone, Yesbox, Occupation, Employer, BatchNum, ResponseDate, DateKeyed) VALUES (" & txtAmount.Text & ", '" & txtMailCode.Text & "', '" & txtID.Text & "', '" & txtEmail.Text & "', '" & txtPhone.Text & "', '" & txtYesBox.Text & "', '" & txtOccupation.Text & "', '" & txtEmployer.Text & "', '" & Session("BatchNum") & "', '" & Session("daterec") & "', '" & Session("mydate") & "')"
                myconnect = New OleDbConnection(Session("constring"))
                myconnect.Open()
                mycommand = New OleDbCommand(myinsert, myconnect)
                mycommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
this is the error again: Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

and here is code from a nearly identical page with just some different fields. and this code works just fine. this is why i am stumped. it seems like there is something going on when i am trying to set a variable to something. i dont know though. i appreciate you help. here is the other code.

If Me.IsPostBack Then
            Dim mydate As String
            Session.Add(mydate, "")
            Session("mydate") = Format(Now(), "yyyyMMdd")
            Session("keyedtotal") = CInt(Session("keyedtotal") + txtAmount.Text)
            Dim myConnect As OleDbConnection
            Dim myCommand As OleDbCommand
            Dim myinsert As String
            'insert the data
            myinsert = "INSERT INTO NoPledgeForm (FName, LName, Apt, Address, City, State, Zip, Amount, Occupation, Employer, Email, BatchNum, ResponseDate, DateKeyed) VALUES ('" & txtFirst.Text & "', '" & txtLast.Text & "', '" & txtApt.Text & "', '" & txtAddress.Text & "', '" & txtCity.Text & "', '" & txtState.Text & "', '" & txtZip.Text & "', " & txtAmount.Text & ", '" & txtOccupation.Text & "', '" & txtEmployer.Text & "', '" & txtEmail.Text & "', '" & Session("BatchNum") & "', '" & Session("daterec") & "', '" & Session("mydate") & "')"
            myConnect = New OleDbConnection(Session("constring"))
            myConnect.Open()
            myCommand = New OleDbCommand(myinsert, myConnect)
            myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 11:41:42ID: 9495160

one of the field you try to insert contains an invalid value (for example a character value into a numeric field).

Try to remove some of the fields from your statment to find which field is giving you the problem.

 

by: awolfe76Posted on 2003-10-05 at 11:44:08ID: 9495167

but then why would i get that error on the line that says: idstring= txtIDNum.text

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 12:00:42ID: 9495216

what is the error you have?

 

by: awolfe76Posted on 2003-10-05 at 12:06:59ID: 9495230

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 12:09:09ID: 9495234

The line :
idstring = txtIDNum.Text

gives you the error you state above?

Are you sure that you have a Textbox control with this name and that it contains a valid value?

try: messagebox.show txtIDNum.Text

 

by: awolfe76Posted on 2003-10-05 at 12:20:56ID: 9495261

there is a text box control with that name and it takes 11 characters. it contains an id number of 11 digits for a check digit function to run on. but i cant even get the numbers into the variable. i have no idea why. i keep getting that error.

 

by: emoreauPosted on 2003-10-05 at 12:24:52ID: 9495277

There is something wrong with this control. Try removing it and recreating it from scratch.

 

by: awolfe76Posted on 2003-10-05 at 13:16:11ID: 9495413

thanks for all you help. i have it worked out. somehow, i guess in all my clustered hell, i added some text boxes and was using the wrong names for the insert. so you were right. some of the fields iwas trying to read data from had nothing in them. thanks again. ugh!

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