“Parameter ?_1 has no default value” error when ExecuteReader

Question

Having problem with the code below in a web service. Have searched for a solution but nothing that I have seen seems different to what I am doing below.

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Answer 1

Duplicated of: OleDbCommand parameters order and priority

The OLE DB .NET Provider does not support named parameters for passing parameters to an SQL statement or a stored procedure called by an OleDbCommand when CommandType is set to Text. In this case, the question mark (?) placeholder must be used. For example:

// Create SQL with ? for each parameter
String sql = "SELECT Address FROM Adresses WHERE Country = ? AND City = ?";
OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand(sql , connection);

// Add to command each paramater VALUE by position. 
// One parameter value for ?
command.Parameters.Add("My City") ;
command.Parameters.Add("My Country") ;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.oledb.oledbcommand.parameters.aspx