ERROR: unrecognized escape sequence.........

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OleDbConnection conn;
OleDbCommand comm;
OleDbDataReader dr;
conn = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\data1\jana.mdb");
comm = new OleDbCommand("insert into mans1 values('" + TextBox1.Text + "','" + TextBox2.Text + "')", conn);
conn.Open();
dr = comm.ExecuteReader();
conn.Close();

Here i got a error about the ms access connection string(unrecognized escape sequence).........

Also i tried { @"Data Source=C:\data1\jana.mdb" AND
"Data Source=C:\\data1\\jana.mdb" }......

what should i do......

Posted 21-Jun-11 2:41am

mansoorbhai

Updated 21-Jun-11 10:36am

Monjurul Habib

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Uday P.Singh · Answer 1 · 2011-06-21T02:50:00

Solution 1

try this:

string str="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\\data1\\jana.mdb";

conn = new OleDbConnection(str);

hope this helps :)

Posted 21-Jun-11 2:50am

Uday P.Singh

koolprasad2003 · Answer 2 · 2011-06-21T02:51:00

Solution 2

Collect your connection string in String veriable and runtime check what you have get in string veriable, u may get like (c:data1jana.mdb)

Posted 21-Jun-11 2:51am

koolprasad2003

Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib · Answer 3 · 2011-06-21T10:21:00

Solution 3

hi,
try this

conn = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\data1\jana.mdb");

and also check your connection string from here[^]

Posted 21-Jun-11 10:21am

Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib