Syntax error in CREATE TABLE statement - SQL (MS Access 2016) - sql

Question

I took this example from my class textbook and pretty much copied word for word from the text. The following is the code that I wrote into MS Access:
CREATE TABLE PRODUCT(
P_CODE VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
P_DESCRIPT VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL,
P_INDATE DATE NOT NULL,
P_QOH SMALLINT NOT NULL,
P_MIN SMALLINT NOT NULL,
P_PRICE NUMBER(8, 2) NOT NULL,
P_DISCOUNT NUMBER(5, 2) NOT NULL,
V_CODE INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (P_CODE),
FOREIGN KEY (V_CODE) REFERENCES VENDOR ON UPDATE CASCADE
);
This code produces a syntax error every time it's run within MS Access.
I tried running this query to create the table PRODUCT within my db. When reviewing the code, I couldn't find anything specific that would have caused the error, but I could be wrong due to my inexperience with SQL.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Per the comments the problem is the Decimal type. I'm updating the answer here for Access 2016: How do I create a decimal field in Access with Alter Table?
First enable the SQL Ansi 92 standard. In 2016 this has moved to File-Options-Object Designers-Query Design. It seems you can only enable it for new databases. So do so and create a new database then open the sql-tab of a blank query and paste the following code:
'make sure you have a VENDOR table first for instance:
CREATE TABLE VENDOR
(V_CODE AutoIncrement CONSTRAINT PrimaryKEY PRIMARY KEY);
'Then with slightly less old syntax (varchar would usually be text, smallint would usually be integer with a size, and PrimaryKey includes Not null and unique)
CREATE TABLE PRODUCTS(
P_CODE VARCHAR(10) CONSTRAINT PrimaryKey PRIMARY KEY,
P_DESCRIPT VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL,
P_INDATE DATE NOT NULL,
P_QOH SMALLINT NOT NULL,
P_MIN SMALLINT NOT NULL,
P_PRICE DECIMAL(8, 2) NOT NULL,
P_DISCOUNT DECIMAL(5, 2) NOT NULL,
V_CODE LONG REFERENCES VENDOR(V_CODE)
);
'Alter Table also works now
ALTER TABLE PRODUCTS ADD COLUMN P_PRICE DECIMAL(8,2) NOT NULL;
Caveat
At least the sql-pane tells you that something in your DDL is wrong if not what. if you are not using the default Jet database as your backend then you are stuck concatenating strings using vba and ADO according to here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/create-table-statement-microsoft-access-sql
At that point I would manually try manually adding the decimal columns if there where not too many.