MS SQL Server 2000 + JDBC

Question

Hi everyone,
I know many of you don't like microsoft products, but I am getting weird errors when i connect my java program to SQL server 2000 with its driver. My code worked FINE with MS Access. The thing is I know there are some bugs to SQL server driver , and somebody knowledgeable with this software could def help me fix the problem, but i searched all over the microsoft site, couldnt find a fix to my problem, and contacting microsoft for help costs between $195-$245. I was wondering if somebody here is familiar with this software. I would really appreciate it if you could email me at [email protected] I will post all of the problem here also.
I'm getting the following error when i try to create a insert a new function (create a new row) in my database:
[Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC][SQLServer]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'Function'.
Here is the relevant code:
<code>
try{
DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver() );
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
try{
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://NJ8650MONDAL", "m", "m");
con.setAutoCommit(false);
PreparedStatement insertFvalues = con.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO function_description (Function, Description, Notes) VALUES (?,?,?)");
insertFvalues.setString(1,functionname);
insertFvalues.setString(2,descriptionname);
insertFvalues.setString(3,notesname);
insertFvalues.execute();
PreparedStatement insertRvalues = con.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO return_code_description (Function_Name, Return_Codes, Return_Codes_Description) VALUES (?,?,?)");
insertRvalues.setString(1,functionname);
insertRvalues.setString(2,rvvaluesname);
insertRvalues.setString(3,rvdescripname);
insertRvalues.close();
con.commit();
insertFvalues.close();
insertRvalues.close();
con.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}</code>

Answer 1

thanks. i fixed that error, so now that portion works. however, i have a question..
SQL server does not allow comparisons between text fields unless the IS NULL or LIKE operators are used. I'm using JDBC to load exisiting entries from the database and display them in a gui. THe thing is I have one main table, which has a one-to-many relationship with my other tables..so the way i linked them was to have one column in each table hold the same text data, and then i can use the = operator to see if there are matches..
for example one table (function_description) has the following data:
Function_Name_Ind Description Notes
sample blah blah
And another table (return_code_description)has the following data:
Function_Name Return_Code Return_Code_Description
sample x xx
sample y yy
And I want all of this displayed.
i don't know if that explanaiton is any good, but seeing the code below might help you understand..
<code>
try{
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://NJ8650MONDAL", "m", "m");
con.setAutoCommit(true);
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet result = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM function_description, return_code_description " + "WHERE function_description.Function_Name_Ind = return_code_description.Function_Name AND (((Function_Name_Ind)='"+ functionname + "'))");
result.next();
function.setText(result.getString("Function_Name_Ind"));
description.setText(result.getString("Description"));
notes.setText(result.getString("Notes"));
rvalues.setText(result.getString("Return_Codes"));
rvdescrip.setText(result.getString("Return_Codes_Description"));
stmt.close();
con.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {System.out.println(e.getMessage());
</code>
And i'm getting this error.
[Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC][SQLServer]The text, ntext, and image data types cannot be compared or sorted, except when using IS NULL or LIKE operator.
Can any of you think of another way I can do this? IS there another way in JDBC I can write it?
thanks!