OleDbCommandBuilder creates SQL statements that result in “syntax error”

Question

Can someone please explain why, when I click the \"Commit\" button, I get the error

Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement.

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Answer 1

As Makita mentions, your problem stems from the fact that Position is a reserved word in Jet/ACE SQL. The solution is to add the following two lines of code after you create the OleDbCommandBuilder object:

cb.QuotePrefix = "["
cb.QuoteSuffix = "]"

That will tell the OleDbCommandBuilder to generate SQL statements like this

INSERT INTO [TA_OFFICER] ([FirstName], ...

...instead of

INSERT INTO TA_OFFICER (FirstName, ...

Wrapping the Position column name in those square brackets will tell the Jet database engine that it is a column name, not a keyword.