[RESOLVED] Filter Datatable using Combo Box

Hello There. I am a bit stuck here I need URGENT HELP!!
I have a combo box that I populated with "Publisher" column in form lord. I want to use the combo box to fliter the Datagrid. Here is my code. When I click Button to show the filtered results, nothing happens.

VB Code:

Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As 
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
        OleDbDataAdapter1.Fill(MyDataset11)
        cbPublisher.DataSource = MyDataset11.Tables(0)
        cbPublisher.DisplayMember = "Publisher"
        cbPublisher.ValueMember = "Publisher"
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As 
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim pub As String
        pub = cbPublisher.Text
        Dim dtBooks As New DataTable
        Dim foundrows() As DataRow
        dtBooks = MyDataset11.Tables(0)
        Dim sqlString As String = "SELECT * FROM Book  WHERE pub = " & "'" & pub & "'" & ""
        foundrows = dtBooks.Select("Publisher = 'sqlString'")
End Sub

Try

VB Code:

Dim sqlString As String 
 
sqlString = "SELECT * FROM Book  WHERE pub = '" &  pub & "' "

There is something wrong with my code somewhere. I have tried
It's still not working. It's not showing any errors but no filtering is being done. It now looks like this:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim sqlString, pub As String
sqlString = "SELECT * FROM Book WHERE pub = '" & pub & "' "
pub = cbPublisher.Text

Dim dtBooks As New DataTable
Dim foundrows() As DataRow
dtBooks = MyDataset11.Tables(0)
foundrows = dtBooks.Select("Publisher = 'sqlString'")
End Sub

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The first issue in your code is that you are setting the "pub" variable after you are using it - it needs to be the other way around.

Next up is how you run the SQL statement... I don't use VB.Net so I dont know the correct method, but what you have looks very wrong to me (as you are basically implying that you want records where the Publisher field has a value of "sqlString" [not anything to do with the variable called sqlString]). I presume that what you need is something more like this:

VB Code:

foundrows = dtBooks.Select(sqlString)

Hi Si_the_Geek

Thanks for reply. I have made the changes you mentioned my code is now giving this error
"Additional information: Syntax error: Missing operand after 'Book' operator."This my code:

VB Code:

Dim dtBooks As New DataTable
        Dim foundrows() As DataRow
        Dim sqlString, pub As String
 
        pub = cbPublisher.Text
        sqlString = "SELECT * FROM Book  WHERE pub = '" & pub & "' "
        dtBooks = MyDataset11.Tables(0)
        foundrows = dtBooks.Select(sqlString)

Still there is no joy. Can some please HELP!!