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I'm a newbie in VB2010 so please don't judge me too much...

HERE is my codes for INSERTING DATA but the problem is I don't know how to use it for SEARCHING

Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Public Class Form1
    Private Function INSERT() As String
        Dim con As New SqlConnection
        Dim reader As SqlDataReader
        Try
            con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=OJT;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sa;Password="

       Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO dbo.ChkInOut(ControlNo,EmpNo,TaxiNo,PlateNo,Model,Make,CheckOutDate,CheckOutTime) VALUES('" + TxtCtrlNo.Text + "','" + txtEmpNo.Text + "','" + txtTaxiUnitNo.Text + "','" + txtPlateNo.Text + "','" + txtModel.Text + "','" + txtMake.Text + "','" + txtCheckOutDate.Text + "','" + txtCheckOutTime.Text + "') ", con)
                con.Open()
                MsgBox("Inserting Information Success!", MsgBoxStyle.Information)
                reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
            Catch ex As Exception
                MessageBox.Show("Error On Inserting Data to Database." & ex.Message)
            Finally
                con.Close()
            End Try
            Return "done"
        End Function

        Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSave.Click
            If TxtCtrlNo.Text <> "" And txtEmpNo.Text <> "" And txtCheckOutDate.Text <> "" And txtCheckOutTime.Text <> "" And txtTaxiUnitNo.Text <> "" And txtPlateNo.Text <> "" And txtModel.Text <> "" And txtMake.Text <> "" Then
                INSERT()
            Else
                MsgBox("Unable to Insert Data! Check Fields!", vbOKOnly, "BASIC TAXI")
            End If
        End Sub
        Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
            Me.Close()
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
            txtCheckOutDate.Text = Format(Now, "short Date")
            Timer1.Enabled = True
            Timer1.Interval = 1
        End Sub

        Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
            txtCheckOutTime.Text = TimeOfDay
        End Sub

        Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
            Me.Hide()
            Form2.Show()
        End Sub


End Class

I try to change the INSERT statement into UPDATE statement

'Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("UPDATE dbo.ChkInOut SET TaxiNo='" + txtMake.Text + "' WHERE ControlNo='12012996'", con)'

and it works fine, I see that I can use it as DELETE too but my problem is how to make it as SELECT statement?

COULD SOMEONE HELP ME?

The first thing you should do is use parameterized queries. A simple example of how to do that can be found here. As for doing a select, a basic select would look like

SELECT * FROM ChkInOut WHERE ControlNo = '12012996'

I'm assuming because you put single quotes around 12012996 that it is stored as a string rather than an int. As a parameterised query that would look like

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM ChkInOut WHERE ControlNo = @ctrlNo"
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ctrlNo",txtCtrlno.Text)

where txtCtrlNo is a text control containing the value to search for.

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