Missing semicolon (;) at end of SQL statement. Semicolon already exists

Question

I keep getting this error Missing semicolon (;) at end of SQL statement. when I run this code:

Dim cmd3 As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("INSERT INTO Tickers (Quarter_Balance_Sheets) VALUES (Scrapalbe) WHERE Ticker = A;", con)
cmd3.ExecuteNonQuery()

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Edited..

Sorry. After reading again you cannot use WHERE on an INSERT statement, loose the WHERE clause or make an UPDATE statement.

INSERT INTO ... WHERE is not a valid query.

If the insert you've posted has correct values and columns, the update should be:

Dim cmd3 As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("UPDATE Tickers SET Quarter_Balance_Sheets = 'Scrapalbe' WHERE Ticker = 'A';", con)
cmd3.ExecuteNonQuery()

Answer 2

Missing quotes WHERE Ticker = 'A' and in VALUES ('Scrapalbe')

edit: @Engerlost is right, where is not applicable to insert; you still need quotes but drop where... completely

Answer 3

the problem in your query is you're using where in your insert statement.

the query is,

insert into Tablename (val1, val2, ...) values(val1, val2,....)