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I get an error “Error converting data type nvarchar to real.”

The code which I have is below, can you please inform me where the issue might be so we can drop the price by warehouse ID with 7%?

        private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {​​​​​​​
        try
        {​​​​​​​
            myConnection = new SqlConnection(frm.cs);
            myCommand = new SqlCommand("update Inventory set Price=@Price where WarehouseCode=6", myConnection);
            myConnection.Open();
            myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Price", "@Price * 0.7");
            myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
            myConnection.Close();
            MessageBox.Show("Update successfully!");
            DisplayData();
            if (myConnection.State == ConnectionState.Open)
            {​​​​​​​
                myConnection.Dispose();
            }​​​​​​​
        }​​​​​​​

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Answer

As you are not assigning any value to @Price in the C# code while your Warehouse Id and the Discount rate are subject to be assigned by the end-user, I recommend your code be like this:

   private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {​​​​​​​
        try
        {​​​​​​​
            var discountRate = 0.07; //could be Convert.ToDouble(textBox1.Text) or something else
            var warehouseId = 6;    //again, could be Convert.ToInt32(textBox2.Text) or something else
            myConnection = new SqlConnection(frm.cs);
            myCommand = new SqlCommand("update Inventory set Price=Price*(1-@DiscountRate) " +
                                        "where WarehouseCode=@WarehouseId", myConnection);
            myConnection.Open();
            myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DiscountRate", discountRate);
            myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@WarehouseId", warehouseId);
            myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
            myConnection.Close();
            MessageBox.Show("Update successfully!");
            DisplayData();
            if (myConnection.State == ConnectionState.Open)
            {​​​​​​​
               myConnection.Dispose();
            }​​​​​​​
        }
        catch
        {

        }
    }​​​​​​​

I would also recommend you think again about your query as it will update all products price with the same value, you may consider passing parameter @ProductId and your query be

update Inventory set Price=Price*(1-@DiscountRate) 
where WarehouseCode=@WarehouseId and ProductCode=@ProductId

sure that was for example.

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