data type mismatch in criteria expression

[tejasagrawal]

I am firing an insert query like this in C# to MS ACCESS 07 Database

var expiry = dateTimePicker1.Text;
 string instr = "insert into MST_QUOTATION values(";
                 instr += txtID.Text;
                 instr += "," + txtcustid.Text;
                 instr += ",'" + txtCustname.Text; 
                 instr += "','" + txtAdd1.Text;
                 instr += "','" + txtZip.Text;
                 instr += "'," + txtContact.Text;
                 instr += ",'" + txtEmail.Text;
                 instr += "','" + expiry;
                 instr += "','" + expiry;
                 instr += "');";

                 cmd = new OleDbCommand(instr, cn);
              cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

// Now i m getting error like this
data type mismatch in criteria expression
please help me

[Mikkeee]

Looks like you need to check your query string against the data types in your table. Print your instr variable to the immediate window and post it along with your MST_QUOTATION table schema.

[Rabbit]

If expiry is a date, then Access uses # symbols to demarcate dates.

Also, you should be aware that your code is succeptible to SQL injection attacks. You should escape your dynamic values.