Using Prepared Statement in C# with Mysql

Question

I tried prepared statement in my program, but not working.

The part commented is the Prepared Statement part. When I change it into normal statement, everything is right.

Can someone tell me what am I missing?

Many thanks.

private void btnLogin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MySqlCommand cmd = MySqlConn.cmd;
    //cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM admin WHERE admin_username='@val1' AND admin_password=PASSWORD('@val2')", MySqlConn.conn);
    //cmd.Prepare();
    //cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@val1", tboxUserName.Text);
    //cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@val2", tboxPassword.Text);
    cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM admin WHERE admin_username='"+tboxUserName.Text+"' AND admin_password=PASSWORD('"+tboxPassword.Text+"')", MySqlConn.conn);

    MySqlDataReader res = cmd.ExecuteReader();
    if (!res.HasRows) { MessageBox.Show("Error! "); res.Close(); return; }
    else
    {
        //do something
    }
    res.Close();
}

Answer 1

Try removing ' from your query and use Prepare after adding parameters:

cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM admin WHERE admin_username=@val1 AND admin_password=PASSWORD(@val2)", MySqlConn.conn);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@val1", tboxUserName.Text);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@val2", tboxPassword.Text);
cmd.Prepare();