SELECT queries work, INSERT and UPDATE fail?

[Paul]

I have run into a strange problem with a site I am working on. My SELECT
queries work fine, but I just tried to add an UPDATE statement and it fails.
A test showed that INSERT fails also. I created a new table just for testing
called "blah" and it had the same results.

My statements:
"UPDATE GiftCerts SET Paid=1 WHERE CertSerial='2005-0001'"
and
"INSERT INTO blah (test) VALUES ('something')"

Here is the error message:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e37'
Invalid object name 'blah'.

I do not have admin access, as this is on a shared hosting account. However,
I have set up many sites under supposedly identical configurations and never
once had this problem. If it was a permissions issue I would think a
different error would result?

Thanks for your help.
Paul

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Paul wrote:

I have run into a strange problem with a site I am working on. My
SELECT queries work fine, but I just tried to add an UPDATE statement
and it fails. A test showed that INSERT fails also. I created a new
table just for testing called "blah" and it had the same results.

My statements:
"UPDATE GiftCerts SET Paid=1 WHERE CertSerial='2005-0001'"
and
"INSERT INTO blah (test) VALUES ('something')"

Here is the error message:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e37'
Invalid object name 'blah'.

I do not have admin access, as this is on a shared hosting account.
However, I have set up many sites under supposedly identical
configurations and never once had this problem. If it was a
permissions issue I would think a different error would result?

Thanks for your help.
Paul

Let's see the code you use to execute these statements.(we don't want to
plow through your whole page to find the relevant bits - please extract just
the sections where the statements are built and executed.)
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[Paul]

Thanks for the reply.

I just found the cause. It helps when the connection string is pointing to
the correct database!! I had copied my connection strings from another
project and only changed the database and authentication in the one used for
SELECT queries.

This ranks as one of the most bone-headed mistakes I've made. Sorry to waste
your time.

Paul
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Paul wrote:

I have run into a strange problem with a site I am working on. My
SELECT queries work fine, but I just tried to add an UPDATE statement
and it fails. A test showed that INSERT fails also. I created a new
table just for testing called "blah" and it had the same results.

My statements:
"UPDATE GiftCerts SET Paid=1 WHERE CertSerial='2005-0001'"
and
"INSERT INTO blah (test) VALUES ('something')"

Here is the error message:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e37'
Invalid object name 'blah'.

I do not have admin access, as this is on a shared hosting account.
However, I have set up many sites under supposedly identical
configurations and never once had this problem. If it was a
permissions issue I would think a different error would result?

Thanks for your help.
Paul

Let's see the code you use to execute these statements.(we don't want to
plow through your whole page to find the relevant bits - please extract
just
the sections where the statements are built and executed.)
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[Roland Hall]

"Paul" wrote in message news:Oi**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
: I just found the cause. It helps when the connection string is pointing to
: the correct database!! I had copied my connection strings from another
: project and only changed the database and authentication in the one used
for
: SELECT queries.

FYI... It's either permissions or the table doesn't exist. In this case,
the latter.

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[Ken Jenkins]

your connection string is pointing to the wrong database

"Paul" <no****@mydomain.com> wrote in message
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I have run into a strange problem with a site I am working on. My SELECT
queries work fine, but I just tried to add an UPDATE statement and it
fails. A test showed that INSERT fails also. I created a new table just for
testing called "blah" and it had the same results.

My statements:
"UPDATE GiftCerts SET Paid=1 WHERE CertSerial='2005-0001'"
and
"INSERT INTO blah (test) VALUES ('something')"

Here is the error message:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e37'
Invalid object name 'blah'.

I do not have admin access, as this is on a shared hosting account.
However, I have set up many sites under supposedly identical
configurations and never once had this problem. If it was a permissions
issue I would think a different error would result?

Thanks for your help.
Paul