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Hello Everyone,
I want to update my tables in SQL based on the number of months I insert in text.box,
this is my code :

<pre>  Dim startdate As DateTime = DateTimePickerFixCosts1.Value
 Dim enddate As DateTime = startdate.AddMonths(Convert.ToInt32(txtNumberofMonths.Text))
        
        Do While (startdate < enddate)
            Const query As String = "Update Test_Table set [Status] =@status, [Date] = @date "
            

            Using conn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=####\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Expenses;Trusted_Connection=yes;")
                Using command As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(query, conn)   
                    command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@date", startdate)
                    command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@status", ComboBox1.Text)
                    
                    conn.Open()
                    command.ExecuteNonQuery() ' 
                    startdate = startdate.AddMonths(1)
                    

                End Using
            End Using
        Loop
        MsgBox("Your Data has been Updated")


What I have tried:

This code works perfectly fine if I use :
Const query As String = "INSERT INTO Test_Table(Date,Description,Payment,Quantity,Price,Department,Status) VALUES (@date,@description,@payment,@quantity,@price,@department,@status)"


but when I want to update it updates all the records I have in Table based on values in text.box.

Any Help is appreciated,
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Updated 25-Jul-20 9:59am
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[no name] 25-Jul-20 15:26pm    
Have you ever heard of WHERE in an SQL statement that limits the records to be edited?
Sandeep Mewara 25-Jul-20 15:35pm    
Don't see a month field in your DB. You store a date there. If you want to target all the dates of a month while updating then first you need to figure out those dates and then update the records corresponding to them.

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but when I want to update it updates all the records I have in Table based on values in text.box.

Update works just like a select, by default, it is all records, if you want to update only a few records, you have to tell which ones with a where clause.
SQL WHERE Clause[^]
 
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Member 13410460 25-Jul-20 17:07pm    
Thank you for the nice answer, I tried were and it gives me an error like this: " Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'where'."
Patrice T 25-Jul-20 17:14pm    
keyword is WHERE.
Member 13410460 25-Jul-20 17:16pm    
I did it , and now it shows me nothing, no changes.
here is the code : Const query As String = ("Update Test_Table SET [Date]=@date,[Status]=@status WHERE [Date]=@date AND [Status]=@status;")
Patrice T 25-Jul-20 17:31pm    
Use Improve question to update your question.
So that everyone can pay attention to this information.
Add actual query

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