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How to use generated id in SQL statement?

I am trying to add a new record to a table from Derby database. I need to use the record number in one of its fields. E.g. I need to save a path to the image in photo field. And the name of the image must corresponds its id. For example 1.jpg. I was trying this statement (file extention is not used in this example):
PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO Users (name, lastname, email, address, password, photo, lastvisit, status) VALUES ('" + name + "','" + lastname + "','" + email + "','" + address + "','" + DigestUtils.toMd5(password) + "', id, '" + now + "','user')");
But I get an error:java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: Column 'ID' is either not in any table in the FROM list...
But this column definitely exists. What is the reason of the error?

Well the short answer imho is that you cannot do that in SQL.
In your table Users, I guess that your id column is an auto incremented primary key. What you can do is insert your record and then get the last id generated for this insert statement. Then you have to perform an update query to set the value of your photo column.
By the way, definitely learn to use placeholders in prepared statements
I'm not a specialist of Derby but browsing the doc I found how you can get the generated columns.
pstmt.execute(sql, Statement.RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS);
ResultSet keys = pstmt.getGeneratedKeys();
keys.next();
int id = keys.getInt();

SQL replace into only the first two columns in a row

What I currently have is this:
PreparedStatement ps = getSQLConnection().prepareStatement(
"REPLACE INTO " + table + " (uuid,name) VALUES(?,?)"
);
ps.setString(1, uuid.toString());
ps.setString(2, name.toLowerCase());
ps.executeUpdate();
However it is not setting only index 1 and 2, but instead clears the other column values. How can I insert into a row with only the first 2 indexes, and leave the other values untouched?
The table is created with this statement:
"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS data (" +
"`uuid` varchar(36) NOT NULL," +
"`name` varchar," +
"`owner` varchar," +
"`tags` varchar," +
"PRIMARY KEY (`uuid`));"

From the documentation:
REPLACE is a MySQL extension to the SQL standard. It either inserts, or deletes and inserts. For another MySQL extension to standard SQL—that either inserts or updates—see Section 13.2.5.3, “INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE Syntax”.

sql syntax error MySQLSyntaxErrorException

String sql = "INSERT INTO order " + "(customerid, pant, shirt, date) "
+ "VALUES ('" + jTextField1.getText() + "','" + jTextField2.getText()
+ "','" + jTextField3.getText() + "','" + jTextField4.getText() + "')";
When tried this, I got the following error:
com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: You have an error in your SQL syntax;
check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near
'order (customerid, pant, shirt, date) VALUES ('10','2','3','26')' at line 1
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method).

You need to escape reserved words like order with backticks
INSERT INTO `order` (customerid, ...
Besides that I recommend using Prepared Statements.

Table name "order" is reserve word so please change table name and try it.

MySQL query error from Java

I've got the following query in my Java code. But when I run it, it says a syntax error in the query.
What am I doing wrong here?
"Inset into department ( dept_name, dept_desc ) values ('" + deptName + "','" + deptDesc + "')"

Its INSERT not Inset . This is a simple typo. Replace the word.
"Inset into department ( dept_name, dept_desc ) values ('" + deptName + "','" + deptDesc + "')"
^^^^^^

For future reference, as a beginner, using an SQL formatter might help point out the error for nagging issues like these.

Writing to access database in Java?

I'm working on a database project about adding, editing and deleting registries to a Students table which has fields:
Last_names, Names, IcNumber, Average, Entry_mode, Career and Change
In the editing frame i have a field where user types the icnumber of the student to edit its data, asks for the new data and saves it to a "Students" data structure, and then reupdates the registry with the new data:
String stmnt = "Insert Into Students (Last_names, Names, IcNumber, Average, " +
"Entry_mode, Career, Change) Values ('" + student.getLastNames() +
"', '" + student.getNames() + "', '" + student.getIcNumber() + "', " +
student.getAverage() + ", '" + student.getEntry() + "', '" +
student.getCareer() + "', '" + student.getChange() + "') " +
"Where IcNumber = '" + field.getText() + "'";
statement.execute(stmnt);
And i get this Error message:
[Microsoft][Microsoft Access ODBC Driver] "Query input must contain at least one table or query."
I have tried a similar SQL Instruction in the adding registry area of my program without the "Where" condition and works good, anyone knows about that error?

You should use a subquery, first the SELECT part with WHERE and then the INSERT part
Something like:
if (cond){
(SELECT.....)
(INSERT INTO...)}

Why are you using where in a insert statement? Where clause is applicable in select, update and delete statements but not in insert. Also I don't see any need of the where clause in your query.
Simply use the insert statement without where clause.

Use an INSERT statement to add a new record. A WHERE clause does not belong in an INSERT statement.
If you're editing an existing record, then you should use an UPDATE statement, and a WHERE clause makes sense to identify which record to change.