Excel: Incorrect Syntax near the keyword 'SELECT' - sql

Question

Scenario: I am building a report in Excel to calculate commissions. This is based on Invoices from the previous month.
I created the following tsql query and created a connection using MSQuery. I tested the query and it works perfect until I change my Where statement to use the parameter "?" so I can , then I get the following error:
Incorrect Syntax near the keyword `'SELECT'`
Here is the query:
SELECT v_rpt_Invoices.Invoice_Number, v_rpt_Invoices.Territory, v_rpt_Company.Account_Nbr, v_rpt_Invoices.Company_Name, v_rpt_Invoices.Date_Invoice,
v_rpt_Invoices.Location, v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr, v_rpt_Invoices.Project_ID, v_rpt_Invoices.Invoice_Type, v_rpt_Invoices.Status_Description,
CASE WHEN TicketNbr <> 0 THEN 'Service Ticket' WHEN Project_ID IS NOT NULL THEN 'Project' ELSE 'Other' END AS Invoice_For,
CASE WHEN ticketNbr <> 0 THEN
(SELECT v_rpt_Service.Board_Name
FROM v_rpt_Service
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = v_rpt_Service.TicketNbr) WHEN Project_ID IS NOT NULL THEN Project_ID ELSE 'Other' END AS Service_Board_Project,
CASE WHEN TicketNbr <> 0 THEN
(SELECT Bill_Method
FROM SR_Service
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = SR_Service.SR_Service_RecID) WHEN project_id IS NOT NULL THEN
(SELECT PM_Billing_Method_ID
FROM PM_Project
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.PM_Project_RecID = PM_Project.PM_Project_RecID) ELSE 'NONE' END AS BillingMethod, v_rpt_Invoices.Invoice_Amount,
CASE WHEN (TicketNbr <> 0 AND
(SELECT Bill_Method
FROM SR_Service
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = SR_Service.SR_Service_RecID) = 'A') THEN Invoice_Amount * 0.7 WHEN (TicketNbr <> 0 AND
(SELECT Bill_Method
FROM SR_Service
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = SR_Service.SR_Service_RecID) = 'F') THEN 0.01 WHEN (project_id IS NOT NULL AND
(SELECT PM_Billing_Method_ID
FROM PM_Project
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.PM_Project_RecID = PM_Project.PM_Project_RecID) = 'A') THEN Invoice_Amount * 0.7 WHEN (project_id IS NOT NULL AND
(SELECT PM_Billing_Method_ID
FROM PM_Project
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.PM_Project_RecID = PM_Project.PM_Project_RecID) = 'F') THEN 0.01 ELSE 0.00 END AS Cost
FROM v_rpt_Invoices INNER JOIN
v_rpt_Company ON v_rpt_Invoices.Company_RecID = v_rpt_Company.Company_RecID
**WHERE (v_rpt_Invoices.Date_Invoice >= ?)**
order by Territory, Invoice_For

Answer 1

Remove this line
**WHERE (v_rpt_Invoices.Date_Invoice >= ?)**
That is not valid SQL -- looks like you want to comment use double dash.
Unless you are just putting the ** to show what you changed. In that case you need to have a value where the ? is the SQL won't work.
As an asside, this query could be made much clearer and faster. Consider consolidating sub-queries into a join. For example, the following sub-query
SELECT Bill_Method
FROM SR_Service
WHERE v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = SR_Service.SR_Service_RecID
MUST be called for every row -- if you make this a join you go from O(nm) to O(n+m) Where n is the size of v_rpt_Invoices and m is the size of SR_Service.
This is just one of the potential sub-queries you can optimize.
Here is an example of rolling in the sub-queries to your example
(I can't test so it might have bugs / typos)
SELECT
v_rpt_Invoices.Invoice_Number,
v_rpt_Invoices.Territory,
v_rpt_Company.Account_Nbr,
v_rpt_Invoices.Company_Name,
v_rpt_Invoices.Date_Invoice,
v_rpt_Invoices.Location,
v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr,
v_rpt_Invoices.Project_ID,
v_rpt_Invoices.Invoice_Type,
v_rpt_Invoices.Status_Description,
CASE WHEN TicketNbr <> 0 THEN 'Service Ticket'
WHEN Project_ID IS NOT NULL THEN 'Project'
ELSE 'Other'
END AS Invoice_For,
CASE WHEN ticketNbr <> 0 THEN v_rpt_Service.Board_Name
WHEN Project_ID IS NOT NULL THEN Project_ID
ELSE 'Other'
END AS Service_Board_Project,
CASE WHEN TicketNbr <> 0 THEN SR_Service.Bill_Method
WHEN project_id IS NOT NULL THEN PM_Project.PM_Billing_Method_ID
ELSE 'NONE'
END AS BillingMethod, v_rpt_Invoices.Invoice_Amount,
CASE WHEN (TicketNbr <> 0 AND SR_Service.Bill_Method ='A') THEN Invoice_Amount * 0.7
WHEN (TicketNbr <> 0 AND SR_Service.Bill_Method ='F') THEN 0.01
WHEN (project_id IS NOT NULL AND PM_Project.PM_Billing_Method_ID = 'A') THEN Invoice_Amount * 0.7
WHEN (project_id IS NOT NULL AND PM_Project.PM_Billing_Method_ID = 'F') THEN 0.01
ELSE 0.00
END AS Cost
FROM v_rpt_Invoices
INNER JOIN v_rpt_Company ON v_rpt_Invoices.Company_RecID = v_rpt_Company.Company_RecID
LEFT JOIN SR_Service ON v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = SR_Service.SR_Service_RecID
LEFT JOIN PM_Project ON v_rpt_Invoices.PM_Project_RecID = PM_Project.PM_Project_RecID
LEFT JOIN v_rpt_Service ON v_rpt_Invoices.TicketNbr = v_rpt_Service.TicketNbr
WHERE (v_rpt_Invoices.Date_Invoice >= '1/1/2013')
order by Territory, Invoice_For