MS Access SQL error with Update Query

Question

working on linking data between a SQL Server Database and MS Access. Right now someone is manually calculating Data from a SQL Database report and entering this into Access to run other reports within Access.

I have created a pass through query to pull the relevant information into an Access Table from the SQL Database( all working nicely )

Now I need to update the existing Access Tables with Data retrieved from the SQL pass through. I have tried a number of different queries all fussing at me for various reasons. Here is an example of the latest query that will get me what I need. This works if I setup a Sandbox in SQL Server and run it MSSQL Management Studio, but will not work in access

UPDATE JT 
SET    JT.ContractAmt = SBD.TotalSum 
FROM   JobTable_TEST AS JT
INNER JOIN (
             SELECT Sum( Main.amt ) as TotalSum, Main.job 
             FROM  Main 
             GROUP BY Main.job
           ) AS SBD 
ON SBD.job = JT.JobNumber 

In Access the Above Generates the following error "Syntax error( missing operator) in query expression.

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Updating following attempt at using SQL Passthrough to run the update Query.

I updated my Query to do this directly from a Passthrough SQL Statement as suggested and get the following error.

ODBC--call failed.

[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]Invalid object name 'TableName'.(#208)

Here is what the pass through query i used looked like.

UPDATE AccessTable
SET AccessTable.amt = SQLResult.Total
FROM TableName AS AccessTable
    INNER JOIN ( SELECT SUM( SQLTableA.amt) as Total, SQLTableA.job
                 FROM SQLTableA 
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN SQLTableB ON (SQLTableA.company = SQLTableB.company) 
                                            AND (SQLTableA.job = SQLTableB.job) 
                 GROUP BY SQLTableA.job
                ) AS SQLResult
ON SQLResult.job = AccessTable.JobNum

hopefully that better describes where my tables are located and how my update needs to happen, and maybe someone can point out how this is wrong or if it will even work this way.

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Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

It appears your subquery, aliased as SBD, is missing a job_no column. Therefore you aren't going to be able to join on it.