SQL delete command?

Question

I am having trouble with a simple DELETE statement in SQL with unexpected results , it seems to add the word to the list??. Must be something silly!. but i cannot see it , t

Answer 1

SqlCommand Command = new SqlCommand(
                   "DELETE FROM excludes WHERE word='@word'" +
                     conn);

should be replaced with

SqlCommand Command = new SqlCommand(
                   "DELETE FROM excludes WHERE word='@word'",
                     conn);

Also try by removing single quotes as suggested by others like this

SqlCommand Command = new SqlCommand(
                   "DELETE FROM excludes WHERE word=@word",
                     conn);