Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression

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'

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 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