Syntax error on multiple join statement - sql

Question

Hello, I'm getting a syntax error on this sql statement, can anyone advise thanks
String sql = "Select tblStudent.*,tblSchool.*,tblAgents.* " +
"FROM tblStudent LEFT JOIN tblSchool " +
"ON (tblStudent.schoolID = tblSchool.schoolID) " +
"LEFT JOIN tblAgents " +
"ON (tblStudent.agentID = tblAgents.agentID) " +
"WHERE tblStudent.StudentID='" + studentID + "'";
I was hoping that I could do multiple joins
But I am getting a syntax error.

Answer 1

For access, parenthesis with multiple joins means the following. If you have three joins, there are two left parenthesis after the from. The last join does not have a right parenthesis.
String sql = "Select tblStudent.*,tblSchool.*,tblAgents.* " +
"FROM (tblStudent LEFT JOIN tblSchool " +
"ON (tblStudent.schoolID = tblSchool.schoolID)) " +
"LEFT JOIN tblAgents " +
"ON (tblStudent.agentID = tblAgents.agentID) " +
"WHERE tblStudent.StudentID='" + studentID + "'";
Access SQL injection has been covered in other threads .

Answer 2

String sql = "Select
tblStudent.StudentID,tblStudent.studentFirstName,"+
tblStudent.studentLastName,tblSchool.schoolName," +
tblAgents.agentFirstName,tblAgents.agentLastName " +
"FROM (tblStudent LEFT JOIN tblSchool " +
"ON (tblStudent.schoolID = tblSchool.schoolID)) " +
"LEFT JOIN tblAgents " +
"ON (tblStudent.agentID = tblAgents.agentID) " +
"WHERE tblStudent.StudentID=#studentID";

Answer 3

I believe your final SQL should look like this:
SELECT tblStudent.*
,tblSchool.*
,tblAgents.*
FROM tblSchool
RIGHT JOIN (
tblAgents RIGHT JOIN tblStudent ON tblAgents.agentID = tblStudent.agentID
) ON tblSchool.schoolID = tblStudent.schoolID
WHERE tblStudent.StudentID=111;
So, the VBA code for creating this SQL should be
Dim sql As String
sql = "SELECT tblStudent.* ,tblSchool.* ,tblAgents.* " & _
"FROM tblSchool RIGHT JOIN (" & _
"tblAgents RIGHT JOIN tblStudent ON tblAgents.agentID = tblStudent.agentID" & _
") ON tblSchool.schoolID = tblStudent.schoolID " & _
"WHERE tblStudent.StudentID=" & studentID
Here I assume that studentID is numeric field. Also I would recommend to do not use * for selecting the data from more than one table, otherwise column names may be unpredictable and as mentioned in comments, it will require additional resources, which won't be used.