Binding textbox to combobox selected value when the selected value is blank

Question

I have a simple form that binds data to a combobox and when one of the values in the combobox is selected it fills a textbox with the corresponding column in that table.  However, if that combobox value is empty(meaning that table cell is empty) then
the textbox will not fill with the correct value.  I am finding this hard to explain so I will lay it out.
The table[COA] is as follows:
ID
Fund
Fund Description
Bus Unit
Bus Unit Description
Obj
Obj Description
Sub
PEC
1
2789
Account Refund
10000
General Fund
1500
ASC Voucher
10
2
2789
Account Refund
10000
General Fund
1500
Voucher
The following is my code:
private void subComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
pECTextBox.Clear();
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=MARYANNEBORJA\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=jdeDatabase;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=Jordan;Password=*****"))
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM [COA] WHERE [Bus Unit]='" + bus_UnitComboBox.Text + "' AND [Obj] ='" + objComboBox.Text + "'AND [Sub] ='" + subComboBox.Text + "'");
command.Connection = connection;
connection.Open();
SqlDataReader read = command.ExecuteReader();
while (read.Read())
if (!read.IsDBNull(8))
pECTextBox.Text = (read["PEC"].ToString());
else
pECTextBox.Text = "";
obj_DescriptionTextBox.Text = (read["Obj Description"].ToString());
read.Close();
I fill my combobox with Sub values based on the Bus Unit and Obj.  Since the Bus Unit and the Obj in both rows are the same the combobox is filled with 10 and "".  
Here is where the problem occurs.  When I select "10" in the combobox I want a textbox to fill with correct Obj Description field.  So selecting "10" would give me 'ASC Voucher' in the textbox and selecting "" should
give me 'Voucher' in the textbox, but this is not the case.  I can only get 'ASC Voucher' to fill the textbox.  When I select "" it keeps the textbox at 'ASC Voucher'.
My guess us that is has something to do with the value being empty in that table cell because when I am selecting other values it works.  
Any guess as to what I should do?

Answer 1

Hi objectifyThat,
When Your subComboBox.Text is null, you should use "Sub is null" in your SQL like below.
private void comboBox3_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
pECTextBox.Clear();
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=MARYANNEBORJA\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=jdeDatabase;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=Jordan;Password=*****"))
string cmdstring = "SELECT * FROM [COA] WHERE [Bus Unit]='" + bus_UnitComboBox.Text + "' AND [Obj] ='" + objComboBox.Text + "'AND [Sub] ='" + subComboBox.Text + "'";
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(subComboBox.Text))
cmdstring = "SELECT * FROM [COA] WHERE [Bus Unit]='" + bus_UnitComboBox.Text + "' AND [Obj] ='" + objComboBox.Text + "'AND [Sub] Is Null";
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(cmdstring);
command.Connection = connection;
connection.Open();
SqlDataReader read = command.ExecuteReader();
while (read.Read())
if (!read.IsDBNull(8))
pECTextBox.Text = (read["PEC"].ToString());
else
pECTextBox.Text = "";
obj_DescriptionTextBox.Text = (read["Obj Description"].ToString());
read.Close();
If you have any other concern regarding this issue, please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
Youjun Tang
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