title: MySQL connection error that I have never seen
body: <p>New mysql error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR [42000] [MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-5.5.9]You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand' at line 1 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Ive never seen this error before and dont know what its relating to?</p>
  
  <pre><code>    using (OdbcConnection connection = new OdbcConnection("Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; Server=localhost; Database=gymwebsite2; User=root; Password=fakepass;"))
      {
          // ODBC command and transaction objects
          OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand();
          OdbcTransaction transaction = null;
  
          // tell the command to use our connection
          command.Connection = connection;
  
          try
          {
              // open the connection
              connection.Open();
  
              // start the transaction
              transaction = connection.BeginTransaction();
  
              // Assign transaction object for a pending local transaction.
              command.Connection = connection;
              command.Transaction = transaction;
  
              // TODO: Build a SQL INSERT statement
              OdbcCommand cmd = new OdbcCommand("INSERT INTO User (Email, FirstName, SecondName, DOB, Location, Aboutme, username, password) VALUES ('" + TextBox1.Text + "', '" + TextBox2.Text + "', '" + TextBox3.Text + "', '" + TextBox4.Text + "', '" + TextBox5.Text + "', '" + TextBox6.Text + "', '" + TextBox7.Text + "', '" + TextBox8.Text + "')", connection);
  
              // run the insert using a non query call
              command.CommandText = cmd.ToString();
              command.ExecuteNonQuery();
  
              /* now we want to make a second call to MYSQL to get the new index 
                 value it created for the primary key.  This is called using scalar so it will
                  return the value of the SQL  statement.  We convert that to an int for later use.*/
              command.CommandText = "select last_insert_id();";
              int id = Convert.ToInt32(command.ExecuteScalar());
              Label10.Text = Convert.ToString(id);
              // the name id doesnt not exist in the current context
  
              // Commit the transaction.
              transaction.Commit();
          }
          catch (Exception ex)
          {
              Label10.Text = ": " + ex.Message;
  
              try
              {
                  // Attempt to roll back the transaction.
                  transaction.Rollback();
              }
              catch
              {
                  // Do nothing here; transaction is not active.
              }
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>    using (var conn = new OdbcConnection("Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; Server=localhost; Database=gymwebsite2; User=root; Password=fakepass;"))
      {
          conn.Open();
          using (var tx = conn.BeginTransaction())
          {
              using (var cmd = conn.CreateCommand())
              {
                  cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO User (Email, FirstName, SecondName, DOB, Location, Aboutme, username, password) VALUES (@Email, @FirstName, @SecondName, @DOB, @Location, @Aboutme, @username, @password)";
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email", TextBox1.Text);
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@FirstName", TextBox2.Text);
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@SecondName", TextBox3.Text);
  
                  // TODO: might require a parsing if the column is of type date in SQL
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DOB", TextBox4.Text);
  
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Location", TextBox5.Text);
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Aboutme", TextBox6.Text);
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@username", TextBox7.Text);
                  cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@password", TextBox8.Text);
                  cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
  //error on this line
              }
  
              using (var cmd = conn.CreateCommand())
              {
                  cmd.CommandText = "select last_insert_id();";
                  int id = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar());
                  Label10.Text = Convert.ToString(id);
              }
  
              tx.Commit();
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>{"ExecuteNonQuery requires the command to have a transaction when the connection assigned to the command is in a pending local transaction.  The Transaction property of the command has not been initialized."}</p>