SQL query works in SQL Server, fails in Excel (Microsoft Query) - sql

Question

I have the following query which works as intended :
SELECT
SERVICE_HISTORY.ServiceMode, SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate,
SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedBy, SERVICE_HISTORY.Branch,
SERVICE_HISTORY.Comments
FROM
DEBA_US.dbo.SERVICE_HISTORY
JOIN
(SELECT MAX(SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate) AS maxDate, CUSTOMER.AccNo
FROM DEBA_US.dbo.CUSTOMER
INNER JOIN (DEBA_US.dbo.SERVICE_HISTORY
INNER JOIN DEBA_US.dbo.CAR ON SERVICE_HISTORY.ROW_PK = CAR.ROW_PK) ON CUSTOMER.ROW_PK = CAR.ROW_PK
WHERE
CUSTOMER.AccNo LIKE 'CUS-1234'
AND CAR.DateSubmitted IS NULL
GROUP BY
CUSTOMER.AccNo) AS testQuery ON testQuery.maxDate = SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate
The query is to gives me the latest (max) service history date for a given customer.
When I execute the query in SQL Server, it works perfectly fine, but when I put the same query into EXCEL 2010 (Microsoft Query) it give me the error:
No Column name was specified for Column 1 of 'testQuery'
Invalid column name 'maxDate'
Statement could not be prepared
I'm not able to fix the query to get pass the error. Can someone please tell me why Excel isn't working with the above query? Thanks

Answer 1

You need to put testQuery and maxDate inside single quotations
SELECT
SERVICE_HISTORY.ServiceMode, SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate,
SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedBy, SERVICE_HISTORY.Branch,
SERVICE_HISTORY.Comments
FROM
DEBA_US.dbo.SERVICE_HISTORY
JOIN
(SELECT MAX(SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate) AS 'maxDate', CUSTOMER.AccNo
FROM DEBA_US.dbo.CUSTOMER
INNER JOIN (DEBA_US.dbo.SERVICE_HISTORY
INNER JOIN DEBA_US.dbo.CAR ON SERVICE_HISTORY.ROW_PK = CAR.ROW_PK) ON CUSTOMER.ROW_PK = CAR.ROW_PK
WHERE
CUSTOMER.AccNo LIKE 'CUS-1234'
AND CAR.DateSubmitted IS NULL
GROUP BY
CUSTOMER.AccNo) AS 'testQuery' ON testQuery.maxDate = SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate

Answer 2

The only thing you need to do is to add square brackets around the maxDate like following:
SELECT
SERVICE_HISTORY.ServiceMode, SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate,
SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedBy, SERVICE_HISTORY.Branch,
SERVICE_HISTORY.Comments
FROM
DEBA_US.dbo.SERVICE_HISTORY
JOIN
(SELECT MAX(SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate) AS [maxDate], CUSTOMER.AccNo
FROM DEBA_US.dbo.CUSTOMER
INNER JOIN (DEBA_US.dbo.SERVICE_HISTORY
INNER JOIN DEBA_US.dbo.CAR ON SERVICE_HISTORY.ROW_PK = CAR.ROW_PK) ON CUSTOMER.ROW_PK = CAR.ROW_PK
WHERE
CUSTOMER.AccNo LIKE 'CUS-1234'
AND CAR.DateSubmitted IS NULL
GROUP BY
CUSTOMER.AccNo) AS testQuery ON testQuery.maxDate = SERVICE_HISTORY.CreatedDate