private void createEvent_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { //sets the time start and end of the event string timeStart = " " + eventStartTime.Value + ":" + eventStartMin.Value + ":00 " + startComboBox.Text; DateTime timeStartSet = Convert.ToDateTime(timeStart); string timeEnd = " " + eventEndHour.Value + ":" + eventEndMin.Value + " " + endComboBox.Text; DateTime timeEndSet = Convert.ToDateTime(timeEnd); //sets dateEnd DateTime dateEnd = datePicker.Value; string dateEndOnly = dateEnd.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy"); string timeEnd2 = " " + eventEndHour.Value + ":" + eventEndMin.Value + " " + endComboBox.Text; dateAndTimeEnd = Convert.ToDateTime(dateEndOnly + timeEnd2); //set DateStart DateTime dateStart = DateTime.Now; string dateStartOnly = dateStart.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy"); string timeStart2 = " " + eventEndHour.Value + ":" + eventEndMin.Value + " " + endComboBox.Text; dateAndTimeStart = Convert.ToDateTime(dateStartOnly + timeStart2); //checks if time input is valid if (dateAndTimeStart > dateAndTimeEnd) { MessageBox.Show("Invalid event time."); } else { SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(source); //checks if there is an existing table string selectTable = "Select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES where table_name = '" + eventNameTxtBox.Text + "'"; SqlCommand checkTable = new SqlCommand(selectTable, connection); connection.Open(); SqlDataReader readTable = checkTable.ExecuteReader(); if (readTable.Read()) { MessageBox.Show(eventNameTxtBox.Text + " already exists."); connection.Close(); } else { //if there's no existing table, create new table connection.Close(); string eventNameText = Convert.ToString(eventNameTxtBox.Text); connection.Open(); string table = @"Create table [" + eventNameTxtBox.Text + "](StudentID varchar(50) primary key, StudentName varchar(50), Course varchar(50), Block varchar(50), Attendance varchar(50),TimeIn time(7),)"; currentEvent = eventNameTxtBox.Text; SqlCommand createTable = new SqlCommand(table, connection); try { createTable.ExecuteNonQuery(); connection.Close(); } catch { } //copy data from StudentInfo to Event connection.Close(); connection.Open(); SqlCommand copyInfo = new SqlCommand("Insert into [" + eventNameTxtBox.Text + "] (StudentID, StudentName, Course, Block)" + "Select StudentID#, Name, Course, Block from dbo.StudentData", connection); try { copyInfo.ExecuteNonQuery(); } catch { } connection.Close(); //inserts event info connection.Open(); string insertIntoEvents = "Insert into dbo.Events (EventName, TimeStart, TimeEnd, Date) " + "Values(@EventName, @TimeStart, @TimeEnd, @Date)"; using (SqlCommand insertEvents = new SqlCommand(insertIntoEvents, connection)) { insertEvents.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EventName", eventNameTxtBox.Text); insertEvents.Parameters.AddWithValue("@TimeStart", timeStartSet); insertEvents.Parameters.AddWithValue("@TimeEnd", timeEndSet); insertEvents.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Date", DateTime.Now); int insert = insertEvents.ExecuteNonQuery(); connection.Close(); } connection.Close(); MessageBox.Show("Event successfully created!"); this.Hide(); registration registration = new registration(); registration.Show(); } } }