Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression - sql

Question

I have the following SQL Statement that works fine in SQL Server but in Access gets me an error
'ERM_HAZARD.[HAZARDID] = ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.[HAZARDID]
INNER JOIN ERM_HAZARDSTATUS
ON ERM_HAZARD.HAZARDSTATUSID = ERM_HAZARDSTATUS.HAZARDSTATUSI'
SELECT erm_hazard.hazardid AS PKTrans,
erm_hazard.extref AS No,
erm_cat.name AS CaseType,
erm_hazard.created AS CaseDate,
erm_hazard.name AS Title,
erm_hazard.description AS DescriptionTrans,
erm_organisation.name AS ResponsibleUnit,
erm_hazard.reviewdate AS CaseDeadline,
erm_hazardstatus.name AS Status,
erm_organisation.name AS UnitInCharge,
erm_personel.name AS PersonInCharge
FROM (erm_personel
INNER JOIN (erm_organisation
INNER JOIN erm_hazard
ON erm_organisation.[organisationid] =
erm_hazard.[organisationid])
ON erm_personel.[personelid] = erm_hazard.[personelid])
INNER JOIN (erm_cat
INNER JOIN erm_xref_hazard_cat
ON erm_cat.[catid] = erm_xref_hazard_cat.[catid])
ON erm_hazard.[hazardid] = erm_xref_hazard_cat.[hazardid]
INNER JOIN erm_hazardstatus
ON erm_hazard.hazardstatusid = erm_hazardstatus.hazardstatusid
WHERE (( ( erm_xref_hazard_cat.periodid ) = (SELECT Max(
erm_xref_hazard_cat.periodid)
FROM erm_xref_hazard_cat) ))
ORDER BY erm_xref_hazard_cat.periodid DESC,
erm_hazard.hazardid,
erm_cat.name
Is this a Access SQL Size problem?
Any ideas?

Answer 1

MS Access is very particular with the parentheses in queries. When you have multi-table joins a pair of parentheses must be around each join:
SELECT ERM_HAZARD.HAZARDID AS PKTrans,
ERM_HAZARD.EXTREF AS No,
ERM_CAT.NAME AS CaseType,
ERM_HAZARD.CREATED as CaseDate,
ERM_HAZARD.NAME AS Title,
ERM_HAZARD.DESCRIPTION AS DescriptionTrans,
ERM_ORGANISATION.NAME AS ResponsibleUnit,
ERM_HAZARD.REVIEWDATE AS CaseDeadline,
ERM_HAZARDSTATUS.NAME as Status,
ERM_ORGANISATION.NAME AS UnitInCharge,
ERM_PERSONEL.NAME AS PersonInCharge
FROM ((((ERM_PERSONEL
INNER JOIN ERM_HAZARD
ON ERM_PERSONEL.[PERSONELID] = ERM_HAZARD.[PERSONELID])
INNER JOIN ERM_ORGANISATION
ON ERM_ORGANISATION.[ORGANISATIONID] = ERM_HAZARD.[ORGANISATIONID])
INNER JOIN ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT
ON ERM_HAZARD.[HAZARDID] = ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.[HAZARDID])
INNER JOIN ERM_CAT
ON ERM_CAT.[CATID] = ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.[CATID])
INNER JOIN ERM_HAZARDSTATUS
ON ERM_HAZARD.HAZARDSTATUSID = ERM_HAZARDSTATUS.HAZARDSTATUSID
WHERE ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.PERIODID= (SELECT MAX(ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.PERIODID)
FROM ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT)
ORDER BY ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.PERIODID DESC, ERM_HAZARD.HAZARDID, ERM_CAT.NAME

Answer 2

To add to this. If you are creating a Pass-Through Query, you need to identify the connections string before declaring the SQL.
sub test()
Dim dbs As Database
Dim qdf As DAO.QueryDef
Dim rstSQL As DAO.Recordset
Dim strSQL As String
On Error GoTo errTrap
Set dbs = CurrentDb
Set qdf = dbs.CreateQueryDef("")
qdf.Connect = ConStringMailing
qdf.ReturnsRecords = True
qdf.SQL = "Select * FROM TABLE"
Set rstSQL = qdf.OpenRecordset
errTrap:
end sub

Answer 3

'ERM_HAZARD.[HAZARDID] = ERM_XREF_HAZARD_CAT.[HAZARDID]
INNER JOIN ERM_HAZARDSTATUS
ON ERM_HAZARD.HAZARDSTATUSID = ERM_HAZARDSTATUS.HAZARDSTATUSI'
Missing de "D" at the end of HAZARDSTATUSID