How to compare database entry and form entry

Question

I'm using C# 2010 Express and Sql Compact. I have two-column table and a form to add a data to save to the table. But I dont want to save same entrys.

For example;

Name     City
Sefa     Istanbul
Sefa     New york
Sefa     London
Ben      New York
......

is ok but if user want to add another

Name     City
Sefa     Istanbul

or already available another entry, the program must stop.

I have add this code to my project, but checkcmd.ExecuteNonQuery() command always returns '-1'

SqlCeConnection Baglanti = new SqlCeConnection(@"Data Source=|DataDirectory|\CeoDatabase.sdf;Password=CeoDB;Persist Security Info=True");
            Baglanti.Open();


            string checkcommand = "SELECT BarAdi, BarSehri FROM Barlar WHERE BarAdi = '"+ Txt_BarAdi.Text +"' AND BarSehri = '"+Txt_BarSehri.Text+"'";
            SqlCeCommand checkcmd = new SqlCeCommand(checkcommand, Baglanti);
            int kontrol = checkcmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            MessageBox.Show(kontrol.ToString());
            return;
            if (checkcmd.ExecuteNonQuery() < 1)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Bu bilgiler ile kayıtlı bir bar zaten mevcut");
                return;
            }
            else
            {
                SqlCeCommand Islem = new SqlCeCommand("INSERT INTO Barlar(BarAdi,BarSehri)VALUES('" + Txt_BarAdi.Text + "','" + Txt_BarSehri.Text + "')", Baglanti);
                Islem.ExecuteNonQuery();
                MessageBox.Show("İşlem başarıyla tamamlandı");
            }


            Baglanti.Close();

Answer 1

You can have it one of the ways

• Either set Unique Key for that column in Database . When new record will be inserted it will be automatically checked (Preferred)

• Or while Inserting new record check if that city already exist.

If you want to check for exist combination. Do somthing like this (I assume this how you have your data):

SqlCeConnection cn = new SqlCeConnection("your connection string");
string checkcommand = "SELECT [Name], [City] FROM [Tablename]" +
                      "WHERE [Name] == @name AND [City] == @city" ;
SqlCeCommand checkcmd= new SqlCeCommand(checkcommand, cn);
checkcmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", txtBoxName.Text);
checkcmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@city", txtBoxCity.Text);
cn.Open();
//Check if record already exist
if(checkcmd.ExecuteNonQuery() > 0)
{
    //It already exist
}
else
{
   //It doesn't exist Insert new record
}