Hide part of String.Format within a ComboBox.Item - mysql

Question

Is it possible to hide part of String.Format?
This my code:
'Select Product'
Try
MysqlConn.Close()
MysqlConn.Open()
Dim Query As String
Query = "select id, name,id_maker, id_types from product ORDER BY name ASC"
COMMAND = New MySqlCommand(Query, MysqlConn)
READER = COMMAND.ExecuteReader
While READER.Read
Dim sName = READER.GetString("name")
Dim sMaker = READER.GetString("id_maker")
Dim sTypes = READER.GetString("id_types")
Dim sId = READER.GetString("id")
'ComboBox1.Items.Add(sName)'
ComboBox1.Items.Add(String.Format("{0}|{1}|{2}|{3}", sName, sMaker, sTypes, sId))
End While
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Finally
MysqlConn.Dispose()
End Try
'Select Product'
I want to hide {3} which is sId in the ComboBox, because later I need to use a query where the ComboBox1.Text is used and the id is necessary.

Answer 1

Maybe you could change the way you are assigning the data to the ComboBox.
First thing to do is change the query and use CONCAT:
SELECT id, CONCAT(name,'|',id_maker,'|',id_types) AS value FROM product ORDER BY name ASC
I would also implement Using:
Managed resources are disposed of by the .NET Framework garbage collector (GC) without any extra coding on your part. You do not need a Using block for managed resources. However, you can still use a Using block to force the disposal of a managed resource instead of waiting for the garbage collector.
You also don't need the READER. Instead load the data into a DataTable and assign that to the .DataSource property on the ComboBox.
Your code would look something like this:
Using con As New MySqlConnection(connectionString)
cmd As New MySqlCommand("SELECT id, CONCAT(name,'|',id_maker,'|',id_types) AS value FROM product ORDER BY name ASC", con)
con.Open()
Dim dt As New DataTable
dt.Load(cmd.ExecuteReader())
ComboBox1.DataSource = dt
ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "value"
ComboBox1.ValueMember = "id"
End Using
You can now get the id with this bit of code:
ComboBox1.SelectedValue.ToString()
And you can get the text with this bit of code:
ComboBox1.Text

Answer 2

Ok i use now that and works
Dim connetionString As String = Nothing
Dim connection As MySqlConnection
Dim command As MySqlCommand
Dim adapter As New MySqlDataAdapter()
Dim ds As New DataSet()
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim sql As String = Nothing
'connetionString = "Data Source=ServerName;Initial Catalog=databasename;User ID=userid;Password=yourpassword"
'sql = "select id,name from product"
sql = "SELECT id, CONCAT(name,' | ',id_maker,' | ',id_types) AS value FROM product ORDER BY name ASC"
'connection = New MySqlConnection(connetionString)
connection = New MySqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("xCollectibles.My.MySettings.xcollectiblesConnectionString").ToString)
Try
connection.Open()
command = New MySqlCommand(sql, connection)
adapter.SelectCommand = command
adapter.Fill(ds)
adapter.Dispose()
command.Dispose()
connection.Close()
ComboBox1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
ComboBox1.ValueMember = "id"
ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "value"
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("Can not open connection ! ")
End Try
Thanks you..