The parameterized query expects the parameter which was not supplied

I’m having a problem with my code:

Private Sub TextBox2_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox2.TextChanged
    list.Items.Clear()

    cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM borrow where (Department LIKE '%" & TextBox2.Text & "%')"
    cmd.Connection = con
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text
    con.Open()


    rd = cmd.ExecuteReader()
    If rd.HasRows = True Then
        While rd.Read()

            Dim listview As New ListViewItem

            listview.Text = rd("ID").ToString
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Department").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Purpose").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Items_Details").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Requested_by").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Approved_by").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Date").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Status").ToString)
            listview.SubItems.Add(rd("Date_Returned").ToString)

            list.Items.Add(listview)

        End While
    End If
    con.Close()

Once I typed in the string in the textbox to search for an item I get this error:

The parameterized query ‘(@Parameter1 nvarchar(4000))SELECT * FROM borrow where (Departme’ expects the parameter ‘@Parameter1’, which was not supplied.

Can anyone help me?

Answer

If you pass null value to parameter,you will get this error even after you add the parameter so try to check the value and if it null then use DBNull.Value

This will work

cmd.Parameters.Add("@Department", SqlDbType.VarChar)

If (TextBox2.Text = Nothing) Then
    cmd.Parameters("@Department").Value = DBNull.Value
Else
    cmd.Parameters("@Department").Value = TextBox2.Text
End If

This will convert the null values from the object layer to DBNull values that are acceptable to the database.