Problem in Update Statement

Question

I got some problem in update statement.Can anybody discuss with me regarding my problem? Below is the occured problem.
//all the declaration like Connection, ResultSet are declared, setting the ODBC path and so on steps have been set up before this method. When compile it, no error, when I start to run my program, the program�s interface is shown, but the following error was appearred and data cannot be updated, can anybody tell me where is my mistake?
//ERROR:SQL Error in update statement:java.sql.SQLException [Microsoft][ODBC][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax Error in UPDATE statement.
//emp_overview is the table name
// last_name, first_name, office_phone�.is the attributes of the table
//this method had declare in the interface class already
public String updateData (String idd, String ln, String fn, String op,
               String oe, String hp, String ps, String ss)
               throws java.rmi.RemoteException
     {//begin of this method
          String result ="";
          try
          Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
          String sql = "UPDATE emp_overview SET" +
          "last_name=' "+ln+
          " ', first_name=' "+fn+
          " ', office_phone=' "+op+
          " ', office_ext=' "+oe+
          " ', home_phone=' "+hp+
          " ', primary_skill=' "+ps+
          " ', secondary_skill=' "+ss+
          " ' WHERE id="+idd;
          statement.executeUpdate(sql);
          statement.close();
          catch (java.sql.SQLException e)
     System.out.println("SQL Error in update statement: "+e);
          //throw a RemoteException with the exception
          //embedded for the client to receive
     throw new java.rmi.RemoteException("Error in Updating exist row into DB", e);
          return result;
     }//end of this method

Answer 1

Hi Kevin,
According to the code you have posted, it looks like you are missing a space between "SET" and "last_name". I suggest you add the following line of code:
System.out.println(sql);
before the invocation of "executeUpdate()".
I also suggest you add the following line of code:
e.printStackTrace();in your "catch" block.
Hope this helps.
Good Luck,
Avi.