Rightparen error

I keep getting this error 1084: Syntax error:expecting rightparen before message
here's the code
private function populateDatabase():void
                                        var createTable:SQLStatement= new SQLStatement();
                                        creataTable.sqlConnection=sqlConnection;
                                        createTable.text= "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS highscores("
                                                                                          +"id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name TEXT, scores INTEGER)";
                                        try
                                                  createTable.execute();
                                        catch(err:Error)
                                                  trace(err message);
                                        addItems([
                                                              {name:"Bob", scores:"123"}]);

The catch section code line should be:
trace(err.message);

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! = should be !=   no space ( ! is what they are calling "not" -- shoulda just used ! )
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I am getting the following error when using the below code:
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OMG - I copied the code from a post and didn't see that. Good for you!
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It is hard to tell if it is actual or something the forum did (which it does), but you should not have spaces where there appear to be...
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Hi there just added that line and when doing so I then got these errors:
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Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 39
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