So, I know my code for the database connection and reader is functional, because it has worked for me many times before, however, something about this SQL query:
gives this error message:
when this data is inputted:
This is the database table that I am trying to add the data to:
The issue is that you are using "password" as a column name and that's a reserved word in Jet SQL. Either change the name or escape it in SQL code. You do the latter by wrapping it in square brackets [].
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Can anybody tell me what does the error mean? Whenever I open the query builder it will prompt with an error indicating that SQL syntax errors were encountered.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189012.aspx
I looked at the following page in MSDN but I don't understand what it means...
For instance, what do these bullet points from the MSDN article mean?
The SQL statement is incomplete or contains one or more syntax errors.
The SQL statement is valid but is not supported in the graphical panes (for example, a Union query).
The SQL statement is valid but contains syntax specific to the data connection you are using.
USER (which you've apparently decided is an appropriate table name) is a SQL Server reserved word.
The best solution is to rename your table, so you don't have to escape the table name every time you want to query it and to make it clear it's your user data (hey, there's a table name suggestion - userdata).
The other option is to escape the name by surrounding it with square brackets:
SELECT * FROM [users]
Note that it will get old fast having to do this with every query. Again, the best solution would be to rename the table to something that isn't a reserved word.
I know, I know...The column shouldn't be named "NUMBER", but it was here before I was, and I can't change it for now. At the moment, I only have read access to this database, and I was told it would be changed...soonish...
I've tried referencing it as Table."NUMBER" and that works when querying directly from Oracle, but for some reason, I still get the infamous ORA-01747: invalid user.table.column, table.column, or columns specification error when I reference it that way in MS Query. I also tried Table.""NUMBER"", "Table."NUMBER"", Table.'"NUMBER"', and 'Table."NUMBER"', but each of these gave me an error from MS Query saying it wasn't expecting the punctuation in the select column list.
Does this have something to do with the way MS Query handles double quotes? Is there any way to make sure that the double quotes around NUMBER make it to Oracle without MS Query throwing an error?
My query is really simple...except for this part.
Select Table."NUMBER"
From Table
Thanks in advance for any help.
try
SELECT table."NUMBER" AS a_number FROM table
or create a view referencing the table and rename the column as required
Aliases solve a lot of problems with names. I suspect that the issue you were having is not with running the query in Oracle but the result that comes back from Oracle. An alias allows the result set to be usable by Access.
I was trying to use sqlFetch. The fetch works perfectly when I change the name of my table to have underlines instead of periods. So if I use the command
sqlFetch(conn, "HelloWorld_40")
It works fine. Unfortunately, my friends are all using the real name of the table
sqlFetch(conn, "HelloWorld.40")
But then it crashes and it tells me that
Error in sqlColumns(conn, "HelloWorld.40") :
'HelloWorld.40': table not found on channel
I'm guessing the period "." is illegal name for a table. But I don't want my friends to change it because it's a lot of people who would be affected. Is there a way I can call the table, or do I have to secretly go to their database, change the name while I use it and then change it back to a period (risking that I will forget, someone will read, blah blah).
Thanks.
put the table name in square brackets:
[HelloWorld.40]
It is a problem with sqlFetch which parse table name. Unfortunately it did not handle table quotes, so it's search for table 40 in schema HelloWorld. You need to directly call sqlQuery (with quoted table name, brackets for MS SQL Server):
sqlQuery(dbhandle, "SELECT * FROM [HelloWorld.40]")
Side note: you should specify which database you are using.
The best delimiter is double quotes -- that should work in most underlying databases:
"HelloWorld.40"
In MySQL, you can also use back ticks (`):
`HelloWorld.40`
In SQL Server, Access, and I think Sybase, you can also use square braces:
[HelloWorld.40]
I am trying following query in MS Access 2010 database:
Query:
SELECT ID, Title, Priority, Workflow_Instance_Step_ID:ID
FROM Task
Error:
Error Source: Microsoft Office Access Database Engine
Error Message: Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'Workflow_Instance_Step_ID:ID'
I know that field "Workflow_Instance_Step_ID:ID" is giving error as it has ':' operator, but I cant change it as it it coming from share point list.
I have tried '[Workflow_Instance_Step_ID:ID]' but still its giving an error.
Please give me your suggestion on the same.
I am unable to recreate your issue, at least with a native Access table in Access 2010. I created a table named [baz] with a single text field named [foo:bar]
foo:bar
-------
this
is
a
test
and the query
SELECT [foo:bar] FROM baz;
works fine, so a field name containing a colon character does not seem to cause problems for Access SQL as such.
An ODBC linked table to a SQL Server table with the same structure does not cause problems either.
In both cases the queries were run from within Access 2010 itself.
So we might be in diagnosis mode, so lets try
SELECT * FROM Task
and then look at the FieldNames that come back.
I'm writing a script to create a bunch of tables, and I read in the Microsoft documentation that I should use tick marks (aka grave) to enclose database, table, and field names, but when I run it in SQL Server Management Studio, I get a syntax error on the first tick:
CREATE TABLE `active`.`test` ( … )
^syntax error
So I tried running it thru a lint, and it told me that ` is an invalid character, and it suggested removing them, which totally messed up the script.
What gives?
Use square brackets...
CREATE TABLE [active].[test](...)
The documentation you have linked to is:
The SQL query strings for Windows Installer are restricted to the following formats.
This is not the syntax for SQL Server. I suggest looking at the Transact-SQL Reference instead.
You need to use [] instead of the backtick:
CREATE TABLE [active].[test]